Deform

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈfɔː(ɹ)m/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Origin

Middle English deformen, from Old French deformer, from Latin deformare, infinitive of deformo, from de- + formo ("to form"), from the noun forma ("form").

Full definition of deform

Verb

1. (transitive) To change the form of, negatively.
2. (transitive) To change the looks of, negatively; to disfigure.a face deformed by bitterness
3. (transitive) To mar the character of.a marriage deformed by jealousy
4. (transitive) To alter the shape of by stress.
5. (intransitive) To become misshapen or changed in shape.

Synonyms

• distort, contort, warp

Derived terms

• deformable
• deformation

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Deformed, misshapen.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:who so kild that monster most deforme,
  And him in hardy battaile ouercame,
  Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame ....

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