Deformity

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  • noun. The state of being deformed.
  • noun. A bodily malformation, distortion, or disfigurement.
  • noun. A deformed person or thing.
  • noun. Gross ugliness or distortion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Physical malformation or distortion; disproportion or unnatural development of a part or parts.
  • noun. Lack of that which constitutes, or the presence of that which destroys, beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from established rules: as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.
  • noun. Lack of uniformity or conformity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.
  • noun. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being deformed.
  • noun. Something which is deformed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen
  • noun. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
  • Word Usage
    "Shakespeare, whose mind was more intent upon notions than words, had in his thoughts the pulchritude of virtue, and the deformity of wickedness; and though he had mentioned _wickedness_, made the correlative answer to _deformity_."
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