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deformed

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈfɔːmd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F AO1 R M D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Unusual of shape; misshapen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of deform

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • deformed thalidomide babies
  • his poor distorted limbs
  • an ill-shapen vase
  • a limp caused by a malformed foot
  • misshapen old fingers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: distorted, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обезобразен (obezobrazen) — unusual of shape
  • Bulgarian: уродлив (urodliv) — unusual of shape
  • Catalan: deforme — unusual of shape
  • Dutch: misvormd — unusual of shape
  • French: difforme — unusual of shape
  • Galician: deforme — unusual of shape
  • Ancient Greek: κυλλός (kullós) — unusual of shape
  • Hindi: विकृत (vikŕt) — unusual of shape
  • Hindi: विरूप (virūp) — unusual of shape
  • Hungarian: torz — unusual of shape
  • Irish: anchruthach — unusual of shape
  • Irish: anchruthúil — unusual of shape
  • Irish: in anchruth — unusual of shape
  • Italian: deforme — unusual of shape
  • Jamtish: ljøt — unusual of shape
  • Japanese: 変形 (henkei) — unusual of shape
  • Japanese: 奇形 (kikei) — unusual of shape
  • Latin: dēfōrmis — unusual of shape
  • Latin: distortus — unusual of shape
  • Norwegian: vanskapt — unusual of shape
  • Norwegian: misdannet — unusual of shape
  • Persian: دفرمه (deforme) — unusual of shape
  • Polish: zdeformowany — unusual of shape
  • Polish: zniekształcony — unusual of shape
  • Romanian: deformat — unusual of shape
  • Russian: деформи́рованный (deformírovannyj) — unusual of shape
  • Sanskrit: विकृत (vikṛta) — unusual of shape
  • Spanish: deforme — unusual of shape
  • Spanish: disforme — unusual of shape
  • Swedish: vanskapt — unusual of shape
  • Vietnamese: méo mó — unusual of shape