disfiguring

UK
/dɪsˈfɪɡərɪŋ/
US
/dɪsˈfɪɡjɚɪŋ/

Translations

disfiguringgerund / present participle
UK
/dɪsˈfɪɡjʊərɪŋ/
US
/dɪsˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/
Used attributively and predicatively as a participial adjective.
The accident left him with a disfiguring scar on his face.
Авария оставила у него на лице уродующий шрам.
disfiguringnoun
disfigurings
pl
UK
/dɪsˈfɪɡjʊrɪŋ/
US
/dɪsˈfɪɡjɚɪŋ/
Gerund meaning ‘the act or process of disfiguring’.
disfigureverb

disfiguring

Gerund

disfigured
Past Simple
disfigured
Past Participle
disfiguring
Gerund
UK
/dɪsˈfɪɡə/
US
/dɪsˈfɪɡjɚ/
The accident disfigured his face.
Авария изуродовала его лицо.
The graffiti disfigured the wall.
Граффити обезобразило стену.
Additional translations

Definitions

disfiguringgerund / present participle
Causing a change in appearance that is damaging or unattractive.
The accident left him with a disfiguring scar on his face.
disfiguringnoun
The act or process of spoiling the appearance of someone or something.
The disfiguring of historic monuments is a serious offence.
disfigureverb
To spoil the appearance of something or someone.
The graffiti disfigured the once pristine wall of the building.
To mar or spoil the character, value, or effectiveness of; distort.
Inflated rhetoric disfigured the clarity of the original proposal.