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deformed

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verb

past tense of deform
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
Adjective
The show, based on the video game franchise of the same name, is nearing the end of its second season, which takes place five years after the events of its first, decades after a viral fungus turned much of humanity into deformed, zombie-like creatures. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 11 May 2025 All the players corroborate a truism: Politics attracts deformed personalities featuring an insatiable lust of power for the sake of power to fuel self-esteem. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2025
Verb
As a result, his vocals have a kind of stately yet starry-eyed quality, giving structure to these deformed, cosmic beats from the internet abyss. Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Sep. 2025 Shortly after their release in early 2023, some Ryzen 7000-series X3D chips were becoming physically deformed, developing bulges on the bottom that could permanently damage the CPU and bend the pins in the CPU socket. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deformed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformed
Adjective
  • The shoe manages to look both retro and futuristic at the same time through its distorted 2000s design language.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Neutrons occupy unexpected shells and give rise to nuclei with distorted shapes and unusual properties compared to their more stable neighbors.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.
    Emily Temple September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Several women were tortured and gang raped.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Marlins sent 10 hitters to the plate in the first inning Sunday and scored four runs, three of them on Otto Lopez’s monstrous 424-foot blast into the seats in left field.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Her monstrous transformations are killing her, and the device Isaac invented will take her powers away and give her her health back.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet part of the force of it is that Michôd has not contorted Christy Martin’s life into some false arc; what was going on beneath her triumph is portrayed with a desperate and idiosyncratic honesty.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ronny curled into the passenger seat and switched the track to a rolling-bass beat from Future.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Deformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deformed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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