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deformed

[dih-fawrmd]

de·formed

[dih-fawrmd]
adjective
1.
having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured: After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
2.
hateful; offensive: a deformed personality.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see deform1, -ed2

de·form·ed·ly [dih-fawr-mid-lee] , adverb
de·form·ed·ness, noun
non·de·formed, adjective
un·de·formed, adjective


1. malformed, crippled.

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de·form

1[dih-fawrm]
verb (used with object)
1.
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.
2.
to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing; mar the beauty of; spoil: The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
3.
to change the form of; transform.
4.
Geology, Mechanics. to subject to deformation: The metal was deformed under stress.
verb (used without object)
5.
to undergo deformation.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English deformen < Latin dēfōrmāre, equivalent to dē- de- + fōrmāre to form

de·form·a·ble, adjective
de·form·a·bil·i·ty, noun
de·form·a·tive, adjective
de·form·er, noun
un·de·form·a·ble, adjective


1. misshape. See mar. 2. ruin.

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deformed (dɪˈfɔːmd)
 
adj
1.  disfigured or misshapen
2.  morally perverted; warped
 
deformedly
 
adv
 
de'formedness
 
n

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deformed de·formed (dĭ-fôrd')
adj.
Distorted in form.

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