formlessadjective
uk/ˈfɔːm.ləs/us/ˈfɔːrm.ləs/without clear shape or structure
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- grain
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- pattern
- silhouette
- spotted
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
- tartan
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Examples from literature
- After hours of half-waking, half-sleeping, formless confusion, she dreamed again.
- All sorts of possibilities presented themselves to me—vague, indefinite, formless terrors.
- Presently she became sensible that the sleigh had stopped beside a formless mound of white and the man was shaking her.
- The cottonwoods and willows, on the opposite shore, were mere dreams of trees,—gray, formless, and weird.
- The last glow showed a formless pulp, spreading upon the water.