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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, disfigure, distort, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
| Main Entry: | deface |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mar, mutilate |
| Synonyms: | blemish, contort, damage, deform, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, disfigure, distort, harm, impair, injure, mangle, misshape, obliterate, ruin, scratch, spoil, sully, tarnish, trash*, vandalize, wreck |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, fix, mend, ornament, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
| Antonyms: | beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | deformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disfigurement, distortion |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abnormality, asymmetry, buckle, contortion, corruption, crookedness, damage, defacement, defect, depravity, evil, grossness, hideousness, impairment, injury, irregularity, knot, malconformation, malformation, misproportion, misshape, misshapenness, repulsiveness, ugliness, unattractiveness, unnaturalness, unsightliness, warp |
| Antonyms: | beauty, grace, shapeliness |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
| Synonyms: | alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
| Antonyms: | beautify, shape nicely, straight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distortion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity; falsification |
| Synonyms: | BS, baloney, bend, bias, buckle, coloring, contortion, crock, crookedness, exaggeration, intorsion, jazz, jive, lie, line, malconformation, malformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misshape, misstatement, misuse, mutilation, perversion, slant, smoke*, story*, tall story, torture, twist, twistedness, warp |
| Antonyms: | beauty, clarity, perfection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone very abnormal |
| Synonyms: | aberration, abortion, anomaly, chimera, curiosity, geek*, grotesque, malformation, miscreation, misshape, monster, monstrosity, mutant, mutation, oddity, queer, rarity, sport, weirdo* |
| Antonyms: | normality, ordinary, regular |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a pained expression |
| Synonyms: | contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug, scowl, screw up one's face, smirk, sneer |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
| Main Entry: | malformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deformity |
| Synonyms: | abberation, abnormality, defect, disfigurement, impairment, injury, malconformation, misshape, monstrosity, mutation |
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