What is another word for disfigurements?

Pronunciation: [dɪsfˈɪɡəmənts] (IPA)

Disfigurements refer to any kind of physical deformity or flaw that alters someone's appearance. Synonyms for disfigurements include blemishes, scars, deformities, imperfections, abnormalities, defects and irregularities. Each of these synonyms refers to a different type of disfigurement, like a blemish is a visible mark or discoloration on the skin, a scar is a permanent mark left by a wound or surgery and deformity is a misshapen body part or feature. It's important to remember that while disfigurements can be unappealing, they don't define a person's worth or value. People with disfigurements should be treated with kindness, respect, and inclusivity like anyone else.

What are the hypernyms for Disfigurements?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Disfigurements

Our American Common Prayer boasts too many disfigurements of this sort already.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
There are upon record trials at law in which damages have been sought as a poor recompense for lasting agonies and disfigurements inflicted upon children by the treatment of the master in these places, involving such offensive and foul details of neglect, cruelty, and disease as no writer of fiction would have the boldness to imagine.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
The author makes no attempt to flatter society by denying or hiding the fact that immorality pays a penniless girl who is pretty and amiable better than morality, and that it even leaves her a better chance of being married than the drudgeries and disfigurements of singing The Song of the Shirt.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann

Famous quotes with Disfigurements

  • The neat division between roles and real selves reduces society to a masquerade party. Yet not even plastic surgery can heal the psychic disfigurements. The social evil reaches into the living fibers; people not only assume roles, they are roles.
    Russell Jacoby

Related words: face disfigurement, disfigured face, facial disfigurement, face injury, disfigured people, facial disfigurement photos, scar on face

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