Antonyms for de face

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : dih-feys

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfeɪs

Definition of de face

Origin : mid-14c., "to obliterate," from Old French desfacier "mutilate, destroy, disfigure," from des- "away from" (see dis-) + Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Weaker sense of "to mar, make ugly" is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing.

As in ruination : noun ruin
As in injure : verb hurt, harm
As in maim : verb cripple, put out of action
As in mangle : verb mutilate, deform
As in mar : verb hurt, damage
As in mutilate : verb maim, damage
As in ruin : verb devastate, destroy
As in scar : verb mark, hurt
As in score : verb cut, nick
As in spoil : verb ruin, hurt
As in batter : verb strike and damage
As in vandalize : verb destroy
As in blemish : verb flaw, disfigure
As in bruise : verb break blood vessel; discolor
As in cancel : verb call off; erase
As in misshape : verb deform
As in pauperize : verb ruin
As in corrupt : verb pervert; pollute
As in damage : verb cause injury, loss
As in daub : verb coat; make dirty
As in deface : verb mar, mutilate
As in deform : verb distort, disfigure
As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
As in disfigure : verb make ugly

Example sentences :

You look me right in de face an' tell me you's sorry fur not mindin' your modder.
Extract from : « Burl » by Morrison Heady

I 'ud hol' it up des dis a-way, en I boun' you I'd shoo um off'n de face er de yeth.
Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris

Him lak dat but when they got to callin' him, lyin' John McCrorey him git red in de face and want to fight.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2 » by Works Projects Administration

I didn't think I need to be afeard, for I didn't steal nor nothin', so I looked him square in de face.
Extract from : « 'Our guy' » by Mrs. E. E. Boyd

I neber could look dem in de face to know, but Joe neber was seen after de house was burned, and dat's many years in de past.
Extract from : « The Blue and The Gray » by A. R. White

Ever sence we 'ranged dat Easter programme, she been studyin' up some owdacious way to outdo me to-day in de face of eve'ybody.
Extract from : « Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches » by Ruth McEnery Stuart

One nite as I was gwine 'long I thort dat a ball of fire wus gwine tu hit me in de face.
Extract from : « The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections » by Robert Arnold

An' she warn't saddle color no mo'; she was grayer in de face dan an ol' rat.
Extract from : « The Corner House Girls at School » by Grace Brooks Hill

You g' 'long with your bulls too, an' no mo' uf yo' dodgin', but look me right in de face an' answer my question.
Extract from : « Burl » by Morrison Heady

Black as she was, her got red in de face and say: 'Who is you?'
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration

Synonyms for de face

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