deface

deface is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record.
2. transitive verb. To destroy; to make null.
3. verb. mar or spoil the appearance of

   "scars defaced her cheeks"

   "The vandals disfigured the statue"

   Synonyms: blemish, disfigure

Synonyms

blemish, disfigure

Common word forms

defaced, defacer, defaces, defacing, defaceable, defacement

Words from these letters

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