4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. [1913 Webster] Above those passions that this world deform. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: deformed adj : 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: {distorted}, {ill-shapen}, {malformed}, {misshapen}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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
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