deformed

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɔːmd/

Adjective

deformed (comparative more deformed, superlative most deformed)

1. Unusual of shape; misshapen.
   • 1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, in AAPG Bulletin‎^[1], volume 64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →DOI, page 684:

     Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.

Synonyms

• malformed, misproportioned; see also Thesaurus:misshapen

Derived terms

• deformedly
• deformedness
• deformed wing virus
• hyperdeformed
• megadeformed
• nondeformed
• predeformed
• retrodeformed
• superdeformed
• super deformed
• undeformed

Translations

unusual of shape

• Bulgarian: обезобразен (bg) (obezobrazen), уродлив (bg) (urodliv)
• Catalan: deforme (ca)
• Dutch: misvormd (nl)
• French: difforme (fr)
• Galician: deforme (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κυλλός (kullós)

• Hungarian: torz (hu)
• Irish: anchruthach, anchruthúil, in anchruth
• Italian: deforme (it)
• Jamtish: ljøt
• Japanese: 変形 (ja) (henkei), 奇形 (ja) (kikei)
• Latin: dēfōrmis, distortus
• Norwegian: vanskapt, misdannet
• Persian: دفرمه (deforme)
• Polish: zdeformowany, zniekształcony
• Romanian: deformat (ro)
• Russian: деформи́рованный (ru) (deformírovannyj)
• Sanskrit: विकृत (sa) (vikṛta)
• Spanish: deforme (es), disforme (es)
• Swedish: vanskapt (sv)
• Vietnamese: méo mó (vi)

Verb

deformed

1. simple past and past participle of deform