deformed
having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured: After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
hateful; offensive: a deformed personality.
Origin of deformed
1Other words for deformed
Other words from deformed
- de·form·ed·ly [dih-fawr-mid-lee], /dɪˈfɔr mɪd li/, adverb
- de·form·ed·ness, noun
- non·de·formed, adjective
- un·de·formed, adjective
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How to use deformed in a sentence
Those who survive can be born with deformed bones or damaged brains, or can suffer from severe anemia, hearing loss or blindness.
One Major Reason the U.S. Hasn’t Stopped Syphilis From Killing Babies | by Caroline Chen | November 16, 2021 | ProPublicaIf you have a deformed jaw, I’m not going to tell you that you’re beautiful, just the way you are.
The parasite lays its eggs on pupae as they’re growing inside hives, sapping nutrients and carrying a disease that causes adult bees to emerge with deformed, unusable wings.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town | Andrew Zaleski | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSouth of Silicon Valley, an entire town is being deformed, slowly, by plate tectonics.
Brienne demands the deformed, less savage Clegane brother fork her over, but he refuses, hell-bent on receiving his bounty.
Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie on Brienne of Tarth’s Epic S4 Finale Showdown with The Hound | Marlow Stern | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That he was also bisexual and deformed by a clubfoot further made his life one of varying accommodations and rebellions.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe veers towards the avant-garde, using metal-powder deformed silicone piercings as textural embellishment and digital printers.
And then at the premiere I realized my legs are actually deformed.
Jennifer Lawrence on ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Hunger Games’ & More | Ramin Setoodeh | November 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe deformed gentleman looked very pale, but Ruth looked as if the shadow of death was upon her.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellThough short and deformed, his manners instantly redeemed the disadvantages of his figure.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacYes, notwithstanding you could have chosen from the serfs of the seigniory a companion who would not have been deformed.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueIt is an animal not less mischievous than it is deformed; it is the pest of man, and the torment of other animals.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonPeople were no longer sickened by sloth and surfeit, or deformed and depleted by overwork and famine.
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance | William Dean Howells
British Dictionary definitions for deformed
/ (dɪˈfɔːmd) /
disfigured or misshapen
morally perverted; warped
Derived forms of deformed
- deformedly (dɪˈfɔːmɪdlɪ), adverb
- deformedness, noun
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