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Synonyms for deformity

  • noun

Most common

distortion blemish disfigurement disfiguration malformation misshapenness disability infirmity

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Disfigurement

disfigurement, distortion, blemish, disfiguration

2. Malformation

malformation, misshapenness

Other

infirmity, disability, freak of nature, monster, hideousness, inelegance

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The state of being deformed.

  2. n. 2

    An ugly or misshapen feature or characteristic.

    She worked with children born with limb deformities.

Forms

Plural
deformities → disfigurements, distortions, blemishes, disfigurations…

Example sentences

  • distortion This is a complete distortion of the facts.
  • blemish You are completely beautiful, my beloved, and without any blemish!
  • disfiguration The serum was responsible for the horrible disfiguration.
  • malformation He was born with a genetic malformation.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
deformityrising
distortionfalling
blemishrising
disfigurementsteady
disfigurationsteady
malformationfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
monster2, blemish2
9 letters
infirmity4
10 letters
disability5, distortion3, inelegance
11 letters
hideousness
12 letters
malformation4
13 letters
disfigurement4, disfiguration, misshapenness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (monster2 = 2 syllables).

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