Meanings
adjectivemalformed (not comparable)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.
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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.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
- Proto-Italic*malos
- Latinmalus
- Latinmale
- Old Frenchmal-
- Englishmal-
- Englishformed
- Englishmalformed
Translations
Bulgarian деформиран
- деформиран (deformiran)not formed correctly
Finnish epämuodostunut, epämuotoinen
- epämuodostunutnot formed correctly
- epämuotoinennot formed correctly
German deformiert, missgebildet
- deformiertnot formed correctly
- missgebildetnot formed correctly
- missgestaltetnot formed correctly
Korean 잘못된
- 잘못된 (jalmotdoen)not formed correctly
Latin dēfōrmis
- dēfōrmisnot formed correctly
Norwegian vanskapt, misdannet
- vanskaptnot formed correctly
- misdannetnot formed correctly
Portuguese malformado, deformado
- malformadonot formed correctly
- deformadonot formed correctly
Spanish malformado, mal formado
- malformadonot formed correctly
- mal formadonot formed correctly
- formado malnot formed correctly
- malamente formadonot formed correctly
- formado malamentenot formed correctly
Turkish kusurlu, özürlü
- kusurlunot formed correctly
- özürlünot formed correctly
- sakatnot formed correctly
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with malformed
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APA
malformed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malformed
MLA
“malformed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malformed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malformed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malformed.
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