Meanings
plural deformities · alternative archaic deformitie
- countableuncountableThe state of being deformed.
severe deformity
1 more example
congenital deformity
- countableuncountableAn ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.
physical deformity
2 more examples
The accident left him with a slight facial deformity.
She worked with children born with limb deformities.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindēfōrmitās“deformity, ugliness”
- Middle Frenchdeformite
- Middle Englishdeformite
- Englishdeformity
Inherited from Middle English deformite, from Middle French deformite, from Latin dēfōrmitās (“deformity, ugliness”), from dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”) + -itās, from dē + fōrma (“shape, form”).
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Arabic تَشَوُّه شَكْلِيّ
- تَشَوُّه شَكْلِيّ (tašawwuh šakliyy)The state of being deformed
Bulgarian уродливост, урод
- уродливост (urodlivost)The state of being deformed
- урод (urod)Something which is deformed
Catalan deformitat, deformitat
- deformitatThe state of being deformed
- deformitatSomething which is deformed
Danish deformitet, vanskabthed
- deformitetThe state of being deformed
- vanskabthedThe state of being deformed
- misdannelseSomething which is deformed
- deformitetSomething which is deformed
Dutch misvorming, deformiteit
- misvormingThe state of being deformed
- deformiteitThe state of being deformed
Finnish epämuodostuma
- epämuodostumaThe state of being deformed
Hungarian deformitás
- deformitásThe state of being deformed
Indonesian canggaan, canggaan
- canggaanThe state of being deformed
- canggaanSomething which is deformed
Italian deformità, deformità
- deformitàThe state of being deformed
- deformitàSomething which is deformed
Japanese 奇形
- 奇形 (kikei)The state of being deformed
Korean 기형
- 기형 (gihyeong)The state of being deformed
Latin dēfōrmitās, disfigūrātiō
- dēfōrmitāsThe state of being deformed
- disfigūrātiōThe state of being deformed
Norwegian Bokmål misdannelse
- misdannelseThe state of being deformed
Polish deformacja
- deformacjaThe state of being deformed
Portuguese deformidade, deformidade
- deformidadeThe state of being deformed
- deformidadeSomething which is deformed
Russian деформация
- деформация (deformacija)The state of being deformed
Spanish deformidad, disformidad
- deformidadThe state of being deformed
- disformidadThe state of being deformed
- deformidadSomething which is deformed
- disformidadSomething which is deformed
Welsh anffurfiad
- anffurfiadThe state of being deformed
Cite this entry
deformity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformity
“deformity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deformity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deformity.
Source: deformity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.