Thesaurus:deface
English
Verb
Sense: soil the face
Synonyms
- befoul
- besmirch
- blemish
- blight
- contaminate
- contort
- damage
- deface
- defame [⇒ thesaurus]
- defile
- deform
- demolish
- destroy [⇒ thesaurus]
- destruct
- devastate
- dilapidate
- disfigure
- disgrace
- distort
- harm [⇒ thesaurus]
- impair
- injure
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- obliterate
- pollute
- ruin
- scath (archaic)
- scathe
- scratch
- shend
- soil
- spoil [⇒ thesaurus]
- stain
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- trash [⇒ thesaurus]
- uglify
- undermine
- vandalize
- worsen [⇒ thesaurus]
- wreck
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “deface” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.