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disfigurement
[dis-fig-yer-muhnt; Brit. dis-fig-er-muhnt] 
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disfigurement
[dis-fig-yer-muhnt; Brit. dis-fig-er-muhnt]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity |
| Synonyms: | blemish, defect, deformation, flaw, malformation, mark, scar |
| Main Entry: | eyesore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mess, ugliness |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, blemish, blight, blot, blot on landscape, deformity, disfigurement, disgrace, distortion, dump, horror, monstrosity, sight, ugly thing |
| Antonyms: | beauty, eyeful, sight |
| Main Entry: | flaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imperfection |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, blemish, bug, catch*, defect, disfigurement, failing, fault, foible, glitch*, gremlin, pitfall, slipup, speck, spot, stain, typo, vice, wart, weak spot, weakness |
| Antonyms: | fine point, perfection, strength |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imperfection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
| Synonyms: | blemish, bug*, catch, defect, deficiency, deformity, demerit, disfigurement, failing, fallibility, fault, foible, frailty, glitch*, gremlin, inadequacy, incompleteness, infirmity, insufficiency, peccadillo, problem, shortcoming, sin, stain, taint, weak point, weakness |
| Antonyms: | excellence, flawlessness, perfection, purity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | malformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity |
| Synonyms: | abberation, abnormality, defect, disfigurement, impairment, injury, malconformation, misshape, monstrosity, mutation |
| Main Entry: | scar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish from previous injury or illness |
| Synonyms: | blister, cicatrice, cicatrix, crater, defect, discoloration, disfigurement, flaw, hurt, mark, pockmark, scab, track, wound |
| Antonyms: | perfection |
| Main Entry: | stigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, besmirchment, black mark, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, lost face, mark, odium, onus, reproach, scar, slur, spot, stain, taint |
| Antonyms: | credit, pride |
| Main Entry: | defacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutilation |
| Synonyms: | disfigurement, impairment, vandalism |
| Main Entry: | ugliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unattractiveness |
| Synonyms: | disfigurement, hideousness, homeliness, monstrousness, offensiveness, plainness, repulsiveness, unseemliness, unsightliness |
| Antonyms: | attraction, attractiveness, beauty, fairness, handsomeness |
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