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
Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
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
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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
One of those difficulties was figuring out how to square the minimal and highly refined designs of Mies and Johnson with the raw and sometimes deformed materials salvaged from RedBird.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deformed
Adjective
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The update includes eight new emojis, including an orca, trombone, ballet dancer, landslide and distorted face.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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These programs have imposed tremendous economic costs on Californians through higher energy prices, regulatory compliance burdens and distorted markets.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
Verb
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In 2017, the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission determined ther was credible evidence that Day was tortured into a false confession.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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On the device was a recording lasting over seven hours that allegedly captured the sound of Torbick being tortured, prosecutors reportedly said.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Marner’s monstrous start to Game 6 continued his strong postseason.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Assayas offers anecdotes, a feuilleton of tyranny in which the foibles of the mighty and the ruthless reveal the sentimental side of cruelty, the amusement value of ugly deeds, and the polite side of monstrous ideas.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Aether enthusiasts contorted themselves in knots attempting to explain this null result while still saving the notion of the aether itself.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 May 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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Their legs trembled beneath them, their hands and heads shook with anxiety, and at times Snow, in tears, curled into the arms of friends and loved ones.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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This was their first goal direct from a free kick in a Clasico since Lionel Messi curled one past Iker Casillas back in October 2012.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
Verb
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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 16 May. 2026.
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