Synonyms for misshapen
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Deformed
deformed, malformed, distorted, disfigured, unshapely, unfashionable dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed; ill-shapen.
Related words
- Word family
- misshapenness
- Is a kind of
- ugly
- Other spellings
- mis-shapen
Example sentences
- distorted The senator charged that I had distorted the data.
- deformed Even swarthy and deformed, he struts around!
- disfigured Yanni and Skura were both horribly disfigured.
- shapeless My life turned into a dark and shapeless living hell.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| misshapen | rising | |
| distorted | steady | |
| deformed | falling | |
| disfigured | rising | |
| malformed | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- deformed2
- 9 letters
- distorted3, malformed2, shapeless2, unshapely
- 10 letters
- disfigured3
- 13 letters
- unfashionable5
- 15 letters
- misproportioned
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deformed2 = 2 syllables).