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malformed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of malformed

badly or imperfectly formed

  • a clay sculpture of an eagle that was so malformed that it looked more like a feathered football
Synonyms of malformed

deformed, distorted, misshapen, monstrous, shapeless
Words Related to malformed

defaced, disfigured

aberrant, abnormal, freakish, mutant

asymmetrical (or asymmetric), crooked, disproportionate, irregular, lopsided, nonsymmetrical, overbalanced, unbalanced, unequal

horrible, horrific, terrible

ugly, unattractive
Near Antonyms of malformed

shapely

flawless, perfect
Antonyms of malformed

undeformed

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