1. causing damage to someone’s appearance; making someone or something less attractive

1. present participle of disfigure; spoiling the appearance of someone or something

Examples

• The accident left him with disfiguring scars on his face.
• She was worried about the disfiguring effects of the surgery.
• The disease was slowly disfiguring her hands.
• Graffiti was disfiguring the beautiful old building.
• The burn marks were disfiguring but not life-threatening.
• He underwent plastic surgery to repair the disfiguring injury.
• The chemical spill was disfiguring the landscape.