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

Other Word Forms

• deformedly adverb
• deformedness noun
• nondeformed adjective
• undeformed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deformed¹

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

Example Sentences

There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.

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The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.

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Amused at his anatomy being dissected in front of him, Elordi claps back, mock-defensively: “He was grotesque to look at, but he was somewhat gifted. A deformed skinny freak.”

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When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.

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Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.

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• misshapen 
• scarred 
• twisted 
• warped