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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈfɔːrmd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈfɔrmd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di fôrmd′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•formed /dɪˈfɔrmd/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. misshapen;
    disfigured:deformed as the result of an injury.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•formed  (di fôrmd′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having the form changed, esp. with loss of beauty; misshapen;
    disfigured:After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
  2. hateful;
    offensive:a deformed personality.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see deform1, -ed2
de•form′ed•ness, n. 
    1. . malformed, crippled.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deformed /dɪˈfɔːmd/ adj
  1. disfigured or misshapen
  2. morally perverted; warped
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•form1 /dɪˈfɔrm/USA pronunciation   v. [ ~ + obj]
  1. to mar the natural form of; disfigure:a body badly deformed by a birth defect.
  2. to mar the beauty of;
    spoil:How could they deform such a beautiful landscape?
de•for•ma•tion /ˌdifɔrˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable* countable]See -form-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•form1  (di fôrm′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to mar the natural form or shape of;
    put out of shape;
    disfigure:In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
  2. to make ugly, ungraceful, or displeasing;
    mar the beauty of;
    spoil:The trees had been completely deformed by the force of the wind.
  3. to change the form of;
    transform.
  4. Geology, Mechanicsto subject to deformation:The metal was deformed under stress.

v.i. 
  1. Civil Engineeringto undergo deformation.
  • Latin dēfōrmāre, equivalent. to dē- de- + fōrmāre to form
  • Middle English deformen 1350–1400
de•form′a•ble, adj. 
de•form′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
de•form′a•tive, adj. 
de•form′er, n. 
    1. misshape. See mar. 2. ruin.
de•form2  (di fôrm′),USA pronunciation adj. [Archaic.]
  1. deformed;
    ugly.
  • Latin dēformis, equivalent. to dē- de- + -formis -form
  • Middle English defo(u)rme 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deform /dɪˈfɔːm/ vb
  1. to make or become misshapen or distorted
  2. (transitive) to mar the beauty of; disfigure
  3. to subject or be subjected to a stress that causes a change of dimensions
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin dēformāre, from de- + forma shape, beautydeˈformable adj
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