deformed
- adjective
- /dɪˈfɔrmd/
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deforme
- Many animals in the circus were deformed, which prompted protests from animal rights groups.
So they're all like deformed because of inbreeding.
- So they're all like deformed because of inbreeding.
- But he's he's he's got a giant head and sort of deformed body, but he's a very tough guy.
- And I remember thinking, I can't believe he's put my deformed, ugly leg on his nice white coat.
- These curiosities, these deformed, you know, fetuses and animals.
- So she left feeling compassionate for him after she saw his deformed genitals.
- Body just deformed, you know, formed a tumor and then when I started eating food that was a lot, it started shrinking.
Examples
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And I remember thinking, I can't believe he's put my deformed, ugly leg on his nice white coat.
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I thought, particularly, that everyone I saw was hideously ugly and deformed, and that they were sick, too.
Fiction book (2001) -
And one kid, he had this really deformed leg and he had lots of issues.
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He finds beauty in the ugly, the deformed, even the monstrous.
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The sculpture depicted a deformed figure that challenged traditional notions of beauty.
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After the car accident, he had a deformed hand that made it difficult for him to play the piano.
Synonyms
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5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
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6.9
Being very strange and ugly in a way that shocks or amuses
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2.5
Not straight in shape, like a path or a smile
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5.4
Very ugly and frightening in shape like a strange creature
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4.7
Not the normal shape and often looking ugly
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5.8
A body part or object with a shape that is not normal
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6.4
Twisted out of its normal shape, often because of pain or effort
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4.4
Having a damaged appearance that makes a face or thing look ruined
Not in a regular or attractive form
Twisted out of shape so it looks ugly or unnatural
An object that has an uneven or irregular shape
A person or thing that looks awkward and not pleasing to the eye
Antonyms
How Deformed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deformed comes from the parts de- ('away' or 'not') and form ('shape'), so it literally means 'not in the normal shape'. That's why deformed describes something with an unusual or wrong shape.