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Definition of Deformed
1. Adjective. So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. "Misshapen old fingers"
Similar to: Unshapely
Derivative terms: Deformity, Deformity, Misshapenness
Definition of Deformed
1. a. Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head.
Definition of Deformed
1. Adjective. Unusual of shape; misshapen. ¹
2. Verb. (past of deform) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deformed
1. deform [v] - See also: deform
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deformed
Literary usage of Deformed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Persons only deface; persons or things disfigure; things are most commonly deformed
of themselves. That may be defaced, the face or external surface of ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1898)
"It is quite clear that the specimen is deformed, and there can be no doubt that
it is a deformed example of Hoplites ..."
3. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"The deformed Boy. By THE AUTHOR OF 'REDWOOD.' Boston, 1826. 18mo. pp. 40. THIS is
a beautiful and affecting little story, worthy of the authoress of Redwood ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"The case was that of a woman four feet and a half in height, and greatly deformed
from angular curvature of the spine, the result of caries ..."
5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... which would admit of none but great horses, but when her tail was cut off and
mane shorn close, and sbe now saw herself so deformed in the water, ..."
6. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1899)
"So far as I can learn, the first effort to afford organized relief to the deformed
and crippled among the poor of New York City was made in May, 1863, ..."
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