deformed

4 definitions found

deformed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deform \De*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deformed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Deforming.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape,
     fr. forma: cf. F. d['e]former. See Form.]
     1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to
        disfigure.
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              Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
              Into this breathing world.            --Shak.
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     2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or
        perfection; to dishonor.
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              Above those passions that this world deform.
                                                    --Thomson.
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  Deformed \De*formed"\, a.
     Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity;
     misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed
     head. -- De*form"ed*ly, adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n.
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deformed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deformed
      adj 1: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed
             thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-
             shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot";
             "misshapen old fingers" [syn: deformed, distorted,
             ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen]

deformed - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "deformed":
     abnormal, awry, bandy, bandy-legged, baroque, bent, bizarre,
     blemished, bloated, bowlegged, cacogenic, checked, cicatrized,
     club-footed, contorted, cracked, crazed, crippled, crooked,
     defaced, defective, disfigured, distorted, dwarfed, faulty,
     flatfooted, flawed, freak, freakish, gargoylish, gnarled,
     grotesque, ill-made, ill-proportioned, ill-shaped, keloidal,
     kinked, knock-kneed, lame, malformed, marred, misbegotten,
     misproportioned, misshapen, monstrous, mutilated, out of shape,
     perverted, pigeon-toed, pimpled, pimply, pug-nosed, rachitic,
     rickety, rococo, scabbed, scabby, scarified, scarred, shapeless,
     simous, snub-nosed, split, stumpy, swaybacked, talipedic, teratic,
     teratogenic, teratoid, truncated, twisted, unshapely, warped