deformity

deformity

noun

Definition of DEFORMITY

something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing <a primitive culture that cast aside infants born with deformities, allowing them to die of exposure to the elements>

Synonyms blight, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence, excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar

Related Words abnormality, distortion, irregularity, malformation, misshape; bug, glitch, kink; blot, blur, spot, stain, taint; damage, defacement, impairment, injury; failing, weakness

Near Antonyms adornment, decoration, embellishment, enhancement, ornament