misshapen
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4.7
- adjective
- /mɪˈʃeɪpən/
:
deformado
- She found a misshapen potato in the bag that was too ugly to sell.
I was wondering what that misshapen dent was.
- I was wondering what that misshapen dent was.
- But food doesn't become poisonous just because it's misshapen.
- And it will either make you a masterpiece or it will make you this horrible, misshapen, bitter, twisted piece of wood.
Examples
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Its branches hung down to the ground, gnarled and misshapen, but covered with the most delicious red apples year-round.
Fiction book (1994) -
And then this hat, as you can see, got a little misshapen by the rain and it kind of lost what I loved about it.
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His head looks a little misshapen today.
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Some will be completely misshapen and bowed.
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You see them on the streets, misshapen and rust-covered.
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It's gold, melted and misshapen, as if by fire.
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Henri's poor misshapen body is the proof of our mistake.
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Until the other day, I did not know my feet had become so crookedly misshapen and wide.
Fiction book (1990) -
But the apples were small and misshapen, and the cider Otto made from them was bitter.
Fiction book (1997) -
Her skin was yellow and wrinkled, and her head was misshapen, with oily-looking spikes of black hair.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
75
6.9
Being very strange and ugly in a way that shocks or amuses
3
5.8
A body part or object with a shape that is not normal
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4.4
Having a damaged appearance that makes a face or thing look ruined
1
9.6
A thing that has no clear form yet
Not in a regular or attractive form
Having a shape that is not normal and often looking ugly
Twisted out of shape so it looks ugly or unnatural
A person or thing that looks awkward and not pleasing to the eye
Antonyms
How Deformed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word misshapen is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' and shape, so it means 'wrong shape' and is used for things that are badly formed or out of shape.