deform

deform is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
2. transitive verb. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.
3. adjective. Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid.
4. verb. assume a different shape or form
5. verb. alter the shape of (something) by stress

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"

   Synonyms: distort, strain

6. verb. become misshapen

   "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"

7. verb. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

   "bend the rod"

   "twist the dough into a braid"

   Synonyms: bend, flex, turn, twist

8. verb. twist and press out of shape

   Synonyms: contort, distort, wring

9. verb. make formless

   "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

Synonyms

distort, strain, bend, flex, turn, twist, contort, wring

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deform:

formed

Common word forms

deforms, deformed, deformer, deforming, deformity, deformable

Words from these letters

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