as in distorted
badly or imperfectly formed
his first sculpture looked more like a deformed rabbit than a galloping horse
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as in tortured
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
a cynic whose face seems to be permanently deformed by a sneer
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Recent Examples of deformed
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Aug. 2025
This stresses the plant and may lead to fewer or deformed flowers.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2025
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Some of her concerns exist because the pipeline sits in the open water of the Great Lakes and has been damaged multiple times by ship’s anchors, is subject to corrosion, and has been found to be bent and deformed by the extremely powerful currents in the Straits of Mackinac.
—Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Repairing a deformed representation of Black women is the focus of the 30th installment of the ongoing series, for which the brand tapped Alice Diop.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Aug. 2025
This stresses the plant and may lead to fewer or deformed flowers.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2025
Verb
Both of the Yunxian skulls were deformed from millennia spent underground, but the second, known as Yunxian 2, was better preserved.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Some of her concerns exist because the pipeline sits in the open water of the Great Lakes and has been damaged multiple times by ship’s anchors, is subject to corrosion, and has been found to be bent and deformed by the extremely powerful currents in the Straits of Mackinac.
—Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformed
Adjective
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The money’s all being made by people close to Jackson who want to tell a distorted narrative that really dishonors them.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Forget the glossy card-stock mailers with distorted images, designed to make your opponent look like an ax murderer.—
Steve Bousquet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Higgins was tortured, interrogated and then was murdered.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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After the coup — in the story and in reality — opponents, civilians and those deemed suspicious were regularly kidnapped and tortured.—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Even more than the first movie, which also complicated its depiction of the monstrous editor at its center, The Devil Wears Prada 2 acknowledges its characters’ fundamental complexity.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Long before the Kraken haunted sailors’ tales, something just as monstrous actually cruised the ancient seas — and scientists just found the proof.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Egon Schiele’s show at the Neue Galerie suggests that the artist’s raw, contorted depictions of the body were influenced by a formative relationship with a doctor.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2026
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Cross-country skiing is known for its attrition, an event that leaves its competitors foam-mouthed and slack-jawed; athletes of iron reduced to trembling and contorted shapes on the floor.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Havertz turned and flicked it to Eze at the edge of the area, who curled home a spectacular finish.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The cashier responded by extending his thumb, index finger, and pinky finger while keeping his middle and ring fingers curled against his palm.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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If Miranda Priestly can get thrown in steerage, we’re all screwed.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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But that doesn’t mean working people aren’t getting screwed.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Deformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deformed. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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