entstellen

v/t

1. (Gesicht etc.) (hässlich machen) disfigure; (verzerren) distort; (Schönheit, Landschaft etc.) mar, spoil, disfigure; stärker: blight, ruin

2. fig. (Tatsachen, Wahrheit etc.), distort, misrepresent, falsify, twist umg.; (Text) garble

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to blemish; to deform; to deface; to disfigure

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ent|stẹl|len [Ent'ʃtɛlən] ptp entste\#llt

vt

(= verunstalten) Gesicht to disfigure; (= verzerren) Gesicht(szüge) to distort, to contort; (fig) Bericht, Wahrheit etc to distort

etw entstellt wiedergeben — to distort or misrepresent sth

sein von Hass/Schmerz entstelltes Gesicht — his face distorted or contorted with hate/pain

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1) (to spoil the appearance of: The statue had been defaced with red paint.) deface

2) (to spoil the beauty of: That scar will disfigure her for life.) disfigure

3) ((of a story etc) mixed up: The child gave a garbled account of the accident.) garbled

4) (to mark with a scar: He recovered from the accident but his face was badly scarred.) scar

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ent·stel·len *

vt

▪ etw \entstellen

1. (verunstalten) to disfigure sth

jds Gesicht \entstellen to disfigure sb's face

2. (verzerren) to contort [or distort] sth

der Schmerz entstellte ihre Züge her features were contorted with pain

3. (verzerrt wiedergeben)

etw entstellt wiedergeben to distort [or misrepresent] sth

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transitives Verb

1) disfigure <person>; distort <face>

2) (fig.) distort <text, facts>

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entstellen v/t

1. (Gesicht etc) (hässlich machen) disfigure; (verzerren) distort; (Schönheit, Landschaft etc) mar, spoil, disfigure; stärker: blight, ruin

2. fig (Tatsachen, Wahrheit etc), distort, misrepresent, falsify, twist umg; (Text) garble

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transitives Verb

1) disfigure <person>; distort <face>

2) (fig.) distort <text, facts>

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v.

to deface v.

to disfigure v.

to garble v.

to warp v.