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Meanings of deformed in English

So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly.

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Usage of deformed in English
1
The god, deformed and disguised, waits on the animal and feeds it.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
2
In another few minutes Matthew entered the somber area of deformed orchards.
Speaks the Nightbird
3
These malformed tadpoles could turn into either deformed toads, or normal ones.
BBC
4
One of them is blind, the other is deformed in some way.
Clair de Lune / A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes
5
Mirabeau, who was also deformed, was a case in point in France.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
6
The huge oven looked like the deformed head of a fairy-tale monster.
Twenty-six and One, and Other Stories
7
Of those, less than forty percent were deformed in the forward direction.
Fatal Voyage
8
The eyebrows only, in my opinion, were very much deformed by art.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
9
And the way she was helping the boy with the deformed arm.
The Shelters of Stone
10
When I had reassured them on the point the deformed man spoke.
The Relief of Mafeking / How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flyi...
11
Taking her poor, deformed hands in mine, I knelt down beside her:
The Choice of Life
12
If the bullet-mould is deformed, all the bullets will share its deformity.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
13
In hulling my heartnut crop for 1940, I noticed many deformed nuts.
Growing Nuts in the North / A Personal Story of the Author's Exp...
14
The story of a cripple whose deformed body conceals a noble soul.
The Witness
15
Almost immediately a deformed lad called Bean followed the example of Francis.
Great Britain and Her Queen
16
Durc wasn't different, he was deformed, just like Oda's baby was deformed.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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