deformity

Noun
Synonyms: malformationmisshapennessdisfigurementdisfiguration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformedSynonyms: malformationmisshapenness
  2. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen“there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back”“suffering from facial disfiguration”Synonyms: disfigurementdisfiguration
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deformity \De*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. Deformities. [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet['e], deformit['e], F. difformit['e]. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity.]

1.The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. [1913 Webster]

To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. [1913 Webster]

Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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