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Answer for the clue "An appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen ", 13 letters:
disfiguration

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of disfigure, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration" [syn: disfigurement , deformity ] the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disfiguration \Dis*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [See Disfigure , and cf. Defiguration .] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. --Gauden.

Usage examples of disfiguration.

The eye at the apex of this triangular disfiguration was dead, sewn shut to a dark slash.

The disfiguration of my nose, the pain I have undergone, with the discomposure of brain which it produced, I could bear as a philosopher.

But all of these people were so alien and ugly to her, his forbidding disfiguration was only a matter of degree.

But a closer look revealed the scars and disfigurations those invasions had wrought.

Paul was astonished by how calmly the others reacted to their companion's terrible injuries, although all of them bore scars and disfigurations of their own.