- misshapen
- [[t]mɪ̱sʃe͟ɪpən[/t]]
ADJ-GRADEDIf you describe something as misshapen, you think that it does not have a normal or natural shape.
...misshapen vegetables...
Her hands were weary and misshapen by arthritis.
English dictionary. 2008.
...misshapen vegetables...
Her hands were weary and misshapen by arthritis.
English dictionary. 2008.
Misshapen — Mis*shap en, a. Having a bad or ugly form. The mountains are misshapen. Bentley. [1913 Webster] {Mis*shap en*ly}, adv. {Mis*shap en*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misshapen — index blemished, repulsive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
misshapen — (adj.) having a bad or ugly shape, crippled, deformed, monstrous, also degraded, perverted, late 14c., from MIS (Cf. mis) (1) + old alternative pp. of SHAPE (Cf. shape) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
misshapen — misshapen, misspelling, misspent see mis … Modern English usage
misshapen — [adj] deformed askew, awry, bent, blemished, bowed, buckled, contorted, crooked, curved, damaged, disfigured, disjointed, distorted, grotesque, ill made, irregular, malformed, mangled, marred, out of shape, twisted, ugly, unshapely, warped;… … New thesaurus
misshapen — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not having the normal or natural shape … English terms dictionary
misshapen — [mis shāp′ən] adj. [ME: see MISSHAPE] badly shaped; deformed misshapenly adv. misshapenness n … English World dictionary
misshapen — mis|shap|en [ˌmısˈʃeıpən, mıˈʃeı ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: mis + shapen, old past participle of shape] not the normal or natural shape ▪ an old woman struggling to walk on misshapen feet ▪ misshapen carrots … Dictionary of contemporary English
misshapen — adj. Misshapen is used with these nouns: ↑tooth … Collocations dictionary
misshapen — mis|shap|en [ mıs ʃeıpən ] adjective badly formed or twisted out of the usual or natural shape: misshapen fruit … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English