Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mutilate
3 senses of mutilate
Sense 1
mutilate, mangle, cut up -- (destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work")
=> damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")
Sense 2
mangle, mutilate, murder -- (alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language")
=> falsify, distort, garble, warp -- (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
Sense 3
mutilate, mar -- (destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies")
=> maim -- (injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion")
Antonyms of adj mutilated
1 sense of mutilated
Sense 1
maimed, mutilated -- (having a part of the body crippled or disabled)
INDIRECT (VIA unfit) -> fit -- (physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise")
Similarity of adj mutilated
1 sense of mutilated
Sense 1
maimed, mutilated -- (having a part of the body crippled or disabled)
=> unfit (vs. fit) -- (not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service")