deformed
Americanadjective
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having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured.
After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
- Synonyms:
- malformed
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hateful; offensive.
a deformed personality.
adjective
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disfigured or misshapen
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morally perverted; warped
Other Word Forms
- deformedly adverb
- deformedness noun
- nondeformed adjective
- undeformed adjective
Etymology
Origin of deformed
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; deform 1, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.
The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.
When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.
From Science Daily
Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.
From Barron's
Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required.
From BBC
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