Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disfigured

/dɪsfˈɪɡjɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: dis-fig-ured
IPA: /dɪsfˈɪɡjɚd/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a damaged appearance or form; defaced or deformed.

verb

simple past and past participle of disfigure

Example Sentences

"Ponder secondly, how that as soone as that Blessed soule entred againe into that body which was more disfigured then any body euer was, it transformed it into a far more excellent shape then it had in the mount Thabor, & made it a thousand times more beautifull & refplendent then the Sunne."
"She had once been very beautiful, and now she was very disfigured and angry."
"Timmy was very disfigured with basel cell sarcoma and he hated to have his blood drawn."

Inflected Forms

more disfigured (comparative) most disfigured (superlative)

Derived Forms

nondisfigured undisfigured

Rhymes With

figured configured reconfigured

Questions

How do you pronounce disfigured?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsfˈɪɡjɚd/.
What does disfigured mean?: Having a damaged appearance or form; defaced or deformed.

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