deformed

[ dih-fawrmd ]

adjective

1. having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured:

   After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.

   Synonyms: malformed

2. hateful; offensive:

   a deformed personality.

deformed

/ dɪˈfɔːmd; dɪˈfɔːmɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. disfigured or misshapen
2. morally perverted; warped

Derived Forms

• deˈformedness, noun
• deformedly, adverb

Other Words From

• de·form·ed·ly [dih-, fawr, -mid-lee], adverb
• de·formed·ness noun
• nonde·formed adjective
• unde·formed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deformed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; deform ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Those who survive can be born with deformed bones or damaged brains, or can suffer from severe anemia, hearing loss or blindness.

From ProPublica

If you have a deformed jaw, I’m not going to tell you that you’re beautiful, just the way you are.

From MIT Technology Review

The parasite lays its eggs on pupae as they’re growing inside hives, sapping nutrients and carrying a disease that causes adult bees to emerge with deformed, unusable wings.

From Popular-Science

South of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.

From The Daily Beast

Brienne demands the deformed, less savage Clegane brother fork her over, but he refuses, hell-bent on receiving his bounty.

From The Daily Beast

That he was also bisexual and deformed by a clubfoot further made his life one of varying accommodations and rebellions.

From The Daily Beast

She veers towards the avant-garde, using metal-powder deformed silicone piercings as textural embellishment and digital printers.

From The Daily Beast

And then at the premiere I realized my legs are actually deformed.

From The Daily Beast

The deformed gentleman looked very pale, but Ruth looked as if the shadow of death was upon her.

From Project Gutenberg

Though short and deformed, his manners instantly redeemed the disadvantages of his figure.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, notwithstanding you could have chosen from the serfs of the seigniory a companion who would not have been deformed.

From Project Gutenberg

It is an animal not less mischievous than it is deformed; it is the pest of man, and the torment of other animals.

From Project Gutenberg

People were no longer sickened by sloth and surfeit, or deformed and depleted by overwork and famine.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• awry
• bowed
• contorted
• damaged
• disfigured
• gnarled
• mangled
• misshapen
• scarred
• twisted
• warped