Meanings
comparative more deformed · superlative most deformed
- Unusual of shape; misshapen.
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.
1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, in AAPG Bulletin, volume 64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →DOI, page 684Synonyms: malformed, misproportioned
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of deform
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnusual of shape; misshapen.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveso badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek κυλλός
- κυλλός (kullós)unusual of shape
Bulgarian обезобразен, уродлив
- обезобразен (obezobrazen)unusual of shape
- уродлив (urodliv)unusual of shape
Catalan deforme
- deformeunusual of shape
Dutch misvormd
- misvormdunusual of shape
French difforme
- difformeunusual of shape
Hindi विकृत, विरूप
- विकृत (vikŕt)unusual of shape
- विरूप (virūp)unusual of shape
Hungarian torz
- torzunusual of shape
Irish anchruthach, anchruthúil
- anchruthachunusual of shape
- anchruthúilunusual of shape
- in anchruthunusual of shape
Italian deforme
- deformeunusual of shape
Japanese 変形, 奇形
- 変形 (henkei)unusual of shape
- 奇形 (kikei)unusual of shape
Latin dēfōrmis, distortus
- dēfōrmisunusual of shape
- distortusunusual of shape
Norwegian vanskapt, misdannet
- vanskaptunusual of shape
- misdannetunusual of shape
Persian دفرمه
- دفرمه (deforme)unusual of shape
Polish zdeformowany, zniekształcony
- zdeformowanyunusual of shape
- zniekształconyunusual of shape
Romanian deformat
- deformatunusual of shape
Russian деформи́рованный
- деформи́рованный (deformírovannyj)unusual of shape
Spanish deforme, disforme
- deformeunusual of shape
- disformeunusual of shape
- deformadounusual of shape
- desformadounusual of shape
- disformadounusual of shape
Swedish vanskapt
- vanskaptunusual of shape
Vietnamese méo mó
- méo móunusual of shape
Cite this entry
deformed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformed
“deformed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deformed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformed.
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