If people or parts of their body are malformed, they do not have the shape or form that they are supposed to, especially when they have been like this since birth.
[formal]
...malformed babies.
More rarely, the tubes have been malformed from birth.
Synonyms: misshapen, twisted, crooked, distorted More Synonyms of malformed
Examples of 'malformed' in a sentence
malformed
In truth, I found his malformed body and dim ways somewhat revolting.
Robin Hobb THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN (2002)
Definition of 'malformed'
(adjective)
Her leg had been malformed from birth.
Synonyms
misshapen
baskets of misshapen vegetables
twisted
The three survivors sat 300 yards from the twisted wreckage.
crooked
the crooked line of his broken nose
distorted
His face was distorted but recognizable.
abnormal
a child with an abnormal fear of strangers
irregular
He had bad teeth, irregular and discoloured.
deformed
He was born with a deformed right leg.
contorted
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abnormal
Definition
differing from the usual or typical
a child with an abnormal fear of strangers
Synonyms
unusual,
different,
odd,
strange,
surprising,
out there (slang),
extraordinary,
remarkable,
bizarre,
unexpected,
curious,
weird,
exceptional,
peculiar,
eccentric,
unfamiliar,
queer,
irregular,
phenomenal,
uncommon,
erratic,
monstrous,
singular,
unnatural,
deviant (old-fashioned),
unconventional,
off-the-wall (slang),
oddball (informal),
out of the ordinary,
left-field (informal),
anomalous,
atypical,
aberrant,
untypical,
wacko (slang, old-fashioned),
outré,
daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of crooked
Definition
bent or twisted
the crooked line of his broken nose
Synonyms
bent,
twisted,
bowed,
curved,
irregular,
warped,
deviating,
out of shape,
misshapen
in the sense of deformed
Definition
disfigured or misshapen
He was born with a deformed right leg.
Synonyms
distorted,
bent,
twisted,
crooked,
warped,
maimed,
marred,
mangled,
disfigured,
misshapen,
malformed,
misbegotten
Nearby words of
malformed
malevolence
malevolent
malformation
malformed
malfunction
malice
malicious
Synonyms of 'malformed'
malformed
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of distorted
His face was distorted but recognizable.
Synonyms
deformed,
bent,
twisted,
crooked,
irregular,
warped,
buckled,
disfigured,
contorted,
misshapen
in the sense of irregular
Definition
uneven in shape, position, arrangement, etc.
He had bad teeth, irregular and discoloured.
Synonyms
uneven,
broken,
rough,
twisted,
twisting,
curving,
pitted,
ragged,
crooked,
unequal,
jagged,
bumpy,
lumpy,
serpentine,
contorted,
lopsided,
craggy,
indented,
asymmetrical,
serrated,
holey,
unsymmetrical
in the sense of twisted
The three survivors sat 300 yards from the twisted wreckage.