Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deface
Participle: defaced
Gerund: defacing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | deface |
| you | deface |
| he;she;it | defaces |
| we | deface |
| you | deface |
| they | deface |
Perfect
| I | have defaced |
| you | have defaced |
| he;she;it | has defaced |
| we | have defaced |
| you | have defaced |
| they | have defaced |
Past
| I | defaced |
| you | defaced |
| he;she;it | defaced |
| we | defaced |
| you | defaced |
| they | defaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had defaced |
| you | had defaced |
| he;she;it | had defaced |
| we | had defaced |
| you | had defaced |
| they | had defaced |
Future
| I | will deface |
| you | will deface |
| he;she;it | will deface |
| we | will deface |
| you | will deface |
| they | will deface |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defaced |
| you | will have defaced |
| he;she;it | will have defaced |
| we | will have defaced |
| you | will have defaced |
| they | will have defaced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deface |
| you | deface |
| he;she;it | deface |
| we | deface |
| you | deface |
| they | deface |
Perfect
| I | have defaced |
| you | have defaced |
| he;she;it | have defaced |
| we | have defaced |
| you | have defaced |
| they | have defaced |
Imperfect
| I | defaced |
| you | defaced |
| he;she;it | defaced |
| we | defaced |
| you | defaced |
| they | defaced |
Pluperfect
| I | had defaced |
| you | had defaced |
| he;she;it | had defaced |
| we | had defaced |
| you | had defaced |
| they | had defaced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deface |
| you | would deface |
| he;she;it | would deface |
| we | would deface |
| you | would deface |
| they | would deface |
Perfect
| I | would have defaced |
| you | would have defaced |
| he;she;it | would have defaced |
| we | would have defaced |
| you | would have defaced |
| they | would have defaced |
Imperative
| you | deface |
| we | Let's deface |
| you | deface |
Verbs conjugated like 'deface'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deface'
defame,
reface,
belace,
de-ice,
deage,
deave,
debase,
debate,
decage,
deduce,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- mar
- maim, scratch, disfeature, mangle, deform, mutilate, disfigure
Antonyms
- to make pretty
- defigure, disfigure, distort, decorate
- mar
- decorate, embellish, improve, enrich
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English defacen, from Old French defacier, desfacier (“to mutilate, destroy, disfigure”), from des- (“away from”) (see dis-) + Late Latin facia.
Sample Sentences
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[...] discolored, from the damp walls. The place had that peculiar sickening, unwholesome smell, compounded of mingled damp, dirt and decay, which one often notices in close old houses. The wall-paper was defaced, in spots, by slops of beer and wine; or garnished with chalk memorandums, and long sums footed up, as if somebody had been practising arithmetic there. In the fireplace stood a brazier full of [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)