misshapen

  • 1Misshapen — Mis*shap en, a. Having a bad or ugly form. The mountains are misshapen. Bentley. [1913 Webster] {Mis*shap en*ly}, adv. {Mis*shap en*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2misshapen — index blemished, repulsive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3misshapen — (adj.) having a bad or ugly shape, crippled, deformed, monstrous, also degraded, perverted, late 14c., from MIS (Cf. mis) (1) + old alternative pp. of SHAPE (Cf. shape) (v.) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4misshapen — misshapen, misspelling, misspent see mis …

    Modern English usage

  • 5misshapen — [adj] deformed askew, awry, bent, blemished, bowed, buckled, contorted, crooked, curved, damaged, disfigured, disjointed, distorted, grotesque, ill made, irregular, malformed, mangled, marred, out of shape, twisted, ugly, unshapely, warped;… …

    New thesaurus

  • 6misshapen — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not having the normal or natural shape …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7misshapen — [mis shāp′ən] adj. [ME: see MISSHAPE] badly shaped; deformed misshapenly adv. misshapenness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 8misshapen — [[t]mɪ̱sʃe͟ɪpən[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as misshapen, you think that it does not have a normal or natural shape. ...misshapen vegetables... Her hands were weary and misshapen by arthritis …

    English dictionary

  • 9misshapen — mis|shap|en [ˌmısˈʃeıpən, mıˈʃeı ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: mis + shapen, old past participle of shape] not the normal or natural shape ▪ an old woman struggling to walk on misshapen feet ▪ misshapen carrots …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10misshapen — adj. Misshapen is used with these nouns: ↑tooth …

    Collocations dictionary

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