deforms
Bends out true
Deforms means to distort or spoil the shape of something: The disease deforms the joints over time, Heat deforms the plastic.
The word applies to physical distortion—bodies, materials, structures—and extends to abstract corruption: Propaganda deforms public discourse.
What deforms doesn't merely change; it damages or disfigures.
Bends from original shape
- bendsCurves or yields
- twistsRotational bends or turns
- contortsTwists out of shape
- distortsMisrepresents or deforms
reshapes · misshapes · crumples · buckles · dents · compresses · stretches · flattens
Spoils outward form
- manglesDisfigures or distorts severely
- maimsInjures permanently
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- destroysCauses complete ruin
wrecks · crushes · smashes · shatters · fractures · breaks · tears · ruptures
Makes something look bad
- disfiguresSpoils outward form
- blemishesVisible surface flaws
- marsTo impair quality
- spoilsSeized war gains
defaces · grotesque · hideous · unsightly · monstrous · ghastly · repulsive · distorted
Fails to position correctly
- misconfiguresSets up incorrectly
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
congenital · dysmorphic · teratology · birth defect · developmental · genetic · structural · asymmetry
Changes form completely
- altersMakes something different
- modifiesChanges partially
- changesAlterations or transitions
- convertsThose who switched faiths
morphs · metamorphoses · transmutes · evolves · adapts · reshapes · reconfigures · restructures
warps
Bends from original shape
distorts · reshapes · misshapes · crumples · buckles · dents · compresses · stretches · flattens · squashes
disfigures
Spoils outward form
destroys · wrecks · crushes · smashes · shatters · fractures · breaks · tears · ruptures · cracks
uglifies
Makes something look bad
- disfiguresSpoils outward form
- blemishesVisible surface flaws
- marsTo impair quality
spoils · defaces · grotesque · hideous · unsightly · monstrous · ghastly · repulsive · distorted · misshapen
misaligns
Fails to position correctly
- misconfiguresSets up incorrectly
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
mutation · congenital · dysmorphic · teratology · birth defect · developmental · genetic · structural · asymmetry · dysplasia
transforms
Changes form completely
converts · morphs · metamorphoses · transmutes · evolves · adapts · reshapes · reconfigures · restructures · remolds
deformsbeautifies
Makes more attractive
adorns · decorates · embellishes · enhances · perfects
- bone deformitiesAbnormal skeletal structure shapes
- spinal deformityMisshapen backbone structure
- plastic deformationLasting material distortion under stress
- bone deformityAbnormal shape in skeleton
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