DISFIGURE

deface, disfigure, blemish

(verb) mar or spoil the appearance of; “scars defaced her cheeks”; “The vandals disfigured the statue”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)

Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.

Source: Wiktionary

Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]

Definition: To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.

Syn.

– To deface; deform; mar; injure.

Dis*fig"ure, n.

Definition: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition