Misshapen

//mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of misshape. transitive

    "If the feet are well shaped but have some weakness, they will ultimately give way under the strain of use and lose their natural shape, often becoming distorted. This, of coarse, results in the distortion of the shoe. Few persons realize to what extent shoes are misshapened by defective feet."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed; ill-shapen.
  2. 2
    Morally or intellectually warped. broadly, figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly wordnet

Synonyms

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misproportionedacromegalicaimlessamorphousawrybandy

Example

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"Do you hate misshapen vegetables?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English mysshapen, misse shapen, mysshape, mysshap; equivalent to mis- + shapen.

Etymology 2

From Middle English (attested as mysshapend). Probably partly from the adjective and partly from mis- + shapen (verb), though shapen is attested later.

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