deform

Meaning of deform

verb
  1. distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.
    he was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

late Middle English: from Old French desformer, via medieval Latin from Latin deformare, from de- (expressing reversal) + forma ‘a shape’.

Information about deform

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of deform is: deforms.
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Hyphenation of deform

de-form

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • deform is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

deform synonyms

Meaning contort:

contort, distort, wring

Meaning flex:

flex, bend, twist, turn

Meaning distort:

distort, strain

Meaning spoil the appearance of:

disfigure, disfigured

Meaning shape or form badly or wrongly:

misshape

Meaning bend and give way under a weight or force:

buckle, buckled

Meaning make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:

warp

Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:

damage, damaged

Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):

impair

Meaning wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:

maim, maimed

Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):

injure

Meaning not having the normal or natural shape or form:

misshapen

Meaning pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted:

distorted

Meaning (of a person or part of the body) abnormally formed; misshapen:

malformed

Meaning twisted or bent out of the normal shape:

contorted

Meaning forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled:

twisted

Meaning bent or twisted out of shape or out of place:

crooked

Meaning having the form of a curve; bent:

curved

Meaning bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:

warped

Meaning knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age:

gnarled

Meaning harmed, damaged, or impaired:

injured

Meaning having a back deformed by a sharp forward angle that forms a hump:

hunchbacked

Meaning unpleasant or repulsive, especially in appearance:

ugly

Meaning unpleasant to look at; ugly:

unsightly

Meaning comically or repulsively ugly or distorted:

grotesque

Meaning having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster:

monstrous

Meaning impair the quality or appearance of; spoil:

marred

Meaning inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on:

mutilated

Meaning destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing:

mangled

Meaning very ugly or unattractive:

fugly

Translation of deform

Anagrams of deform

formed

Words that rhyme with deform

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