Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Distorted in form; misshapen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form changed, with loss of natural symmetry or beauty; disfigured; distorted; crooked.
- Specifically In entomology, exhibiting unusual protuberances or swellings.
- Morally ugly; base; depraved.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Unusual of
shape ;misshapen . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deform .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
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Examples
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Sony says it has received 30 complaints of overheated computers that resulted in deformed keyboards and casings.
5 Recalled Products: Week of June 26-July 2, 2010 | myFiveBest 2010
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Removing coins entombed in deformed coin holders is a challenge.
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Plus due to them being warped/deformed from the journey through the Dark Portal, I wonder what they NORMALLY look like.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Computer Gaming Magazine Confirms Draenei as New Alliance Race? 2005
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However, the German piece will ever remain as a generous attempt to vindicate the honour of a name deformed by impudent ridicule; and its dazzling effect, strengthened by the rich ornateness of the language, deservedly gained for it on the stage the most eminent success.
Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm Schlegel 1806
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And see to how little purpose it is for those that have by sin deformed themselves in God's eyes to think by any arts they can use to beautify themselves in the eye of the world.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Culture’s fear of the unknown and special revulsion toward the sexually deformed is analyzed in psychological and artistic terms in ‘Low-Flying Aircraft’.
Ballardian » 'Like Alice in Wonderland': Solveig Nordlund on J.G. Ballard 2008
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As I've said here before, my mother was born disabled read: "deformed"--god, what disgusting language... have we regressed to the fucking 50s? and was also born in WV.
Hollywood casting call for that "inbred" look Kay Olson 2008
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Jeff VanderMeer: Politics today takes advantage of the fact that many of us in America apparently have what I would call deformed imaginations, in that they are not tied to the real world or real people in any meaningful way.
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Jeff VanderMeer: Politics today takes advantage of the fact that many of us in America apparently have what I would call deformed imaginations, in that they are not tied to the real world or real people in any meaningful way.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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It was wrong for them to call her deformed because of her missing leg.
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