deform

English

Etymology

Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, infinitive of deformo, from de- + formo (“to form”), from the noun forma (“form”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Verb

deform (third-person singular simple present deforms, present participle deforming, simple past and past participle deformed)

1. (transitive) To remove the form of.
2. (transitive) To remove the looks of; to disfigure; as, a face deformed by bitterness.
3. (transitive) To mar the character of; as, a marriage deformed by jealousy.
4. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
5. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.

Synonyms

• distort, contort, warp

Translations

To spoil the form of

Bulgarian: деформирам (bg) Finnish: turmella, rumentaa, tehdä muodottomaksi French: déformer (fr)

Italian: deformare (it) Portuguese: deformar (pt)

To spoil the looks of; to disfigure

Bulgarian: обезобразявам (bg)

Portuguese: deformar (pt)

To mar the character of

Finnish: turmella (fi)

To alter the shape of by stress

Bulgarian: деформирам (bg)

To become misshapen or changed in shape

Bulgarian: деформирам се (bg)

Finnish: turmeltua, tulla muodottomaksi

Derived terms

• deformable
• deformation

Adjective

deform (comparative more deform, superlative most deform)

1. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:

     who so kild that monster most deforme, / And him in hardy battaile ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame [...].

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