misshapen

[mis-shey-puhn, mish-] / mɪsˈʃeɪ pən, mɪʃ- /

ADJECTIVE

deformed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contorted twisted

WEAK

askew awry bent blemished bowed buckled crooked curved damaged disfigured disjointed distorted grotesque ill-made irregular malformed mangled marred out of shape ugly unshapely warped

Example Sentences

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Her Hand was to her bosom; she breathed hard, and presently, while he stared, words misshaping themselves upon his abashed lips she smiled!

From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

Strangers interlope for a moment, and change destinies, coming out for a day, from nothing, and going to nowhere, but marring and misshaping everything.

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

But while he was living thus quietly in Dapitan, events that were to determine his fate were misshaping themselves in Manila.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

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