| Main Entry: | disfigure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ugly |
Synonyms: |
blemish, damage, deface, defile, deform, disfashion, disfeature, distort, hurt, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, scar |
Antonyms: |
adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament |
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
Synonyms: |
assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck |
| Main Entry: | corrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pervert; pollute |
Synonyms: |
abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste |
Antonyms: |
better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | crooked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent, angled |
Synonyms: |
agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, bowed, catawampus, circuitous, cockeyed, contorted, crippled, curved, curving, deformed, deviating, devious, disfigured, distorted, errant, gnarled, hooked, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, meandering, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, rambling, roundabout, screwy, serpentine, sinuous, skewed, slanted, snaky, spiral, tilted, topsy-turvy, tortile, tortuous, twisted, twisting, uneven, warped, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bang up, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong |
Antonyms: |
benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | deface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mar, mutilate |
Synonyms: |
blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, misshape, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck |
Antonyms: |
adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
Synonyms: |
alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, shape nicely, straight |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physically or mentally injured |
Synonyms: |
aching, aggrieved, agonized, all torn up, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, burned, busted up, contused, crushed, cut, damaged, disfigured, distressed, disturbed, grazed, harmed, hit, impaired, in pain, indignant, lacerated, marred, mauled, miffed, mutilated, nicked, offended, pained, piqued, put away, resentful, rueful, sad, scarred, scraped, scratched, shook, shot, sore, stricken, struck, suffering, tender, tortured, umbrageous, unhappy, warped, wounded |
Antonyms: |
comforted, cured, healed, healthy, ok, pleased, remedied, well |
| Main Entry: | imperfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawed |
Synonyms: |
amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, dud, faulty, few bugs, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, schlocky, sick, sketchy, two-bit, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, warped |
Antonyms: |
excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed |
| Main Entry: | injure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in, draw blood, foul, foul up, grieve, hack up, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, shake up, spoil, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, vitiate, wax, weaken, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, cure, fix, heal, help, mend |