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; see origin at deform 1, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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This extensive reorganization produces a highly deformed nuclear shape.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
More than a dozen countries took part in the weeks-long search for the vessel, which was eventually located a year later by a private British marine robotics firm, its hull dented and deformed.
From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026
There was the Picasso of late-19th-century realism; the Picasso of angular, broken-down Cubist shapes; the Picasso of playfully deformed portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
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 • Jul. 7, 2025
The doctors said I’d be better off with two artificial legs rather than having just one and a deformed foot that didn’t reach the ground properly.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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