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deformed adjective [ dɪˈfɔːmd ]

• (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.
• "his deformed hands"

deform verb

• distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.
• "he was physically deformed by a rare bone disease"
Similar: make misshapen, distort the shape of, disfigure, bend out of shape, misshape, contort, buckle, twist, warp, damage, impair, maim, injure, misshapen, distorted, malformed, contorted, out of shape, twisted, crooked, curved, warped, buckled, gnarled, maimed, injured, damaged, humpbacked, hunchbacked, disfigured, ugly, unsightly, grotesque, monstrous, marred, mutilated, mangled, fugly,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French desformer, via medieval Latin from Latin deformare, from de- (expressing reversal) + forma ‘a shape’.


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