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- Dictionarydeformed/dɪˈfɔːmd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen: "his deformed hands"
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spoiled by not having a usual or regular shape or structure: The shale in this area is deformed and folding of the rock can be seen. The child was born with a deformed heart.
The meaning of DEFORMED is distorted or unshapely in form : misshapen. How to use deformed in a sentence.
Deformed definition: having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured. See examples of DEFORMED used in a sentence.
1. : to spoil the form of. 2. a. : to spoil the looks of : disfigure. a face deformed by bitterness. b. : to mar the character of. a marriage deformed by jealousy. 3. : to alter the shape of by stress. intransitive verb. : to become misshapen or changed in shape. deformable. di-ˈfȯr-mə-bəl. dē- adjective. Synonyms.
to spoil the usual and true shape of something: Age deforms the spine. [ I ] chemistry specialized. If something deforms, its usual shape changes and becomes spoiled: These plastics deform at temperatures of over 90°C. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Patterns and shapes. amorphous. arabesque. argyle. asymmetrically. asymmetry. flecked.
verb (used with object) to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants. Synonyms: misshape. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil:
adjective. 1. having the form changed, esp. with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured. After the accident his arm was permanently deformed. 2. hateful; offensive. a deformed personality. SYNONYMS 1. malformed, disfigured. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of deformed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. If something deforms a person's body or something else, it causes it to have an unnatural shape. In technical English, you can also say that the second thing deforms. Bad rheumatoid arthritis deforms limbs. [VERB noun] ...the ability of a metal to deform to a new shape without cracking. [VERB]
Definitions of deformed. adjective. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen. unshapely. not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape.
