Synonyms for deformity
dɪˈfɔr mɪ tide·for·mi·ty

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1. deformity

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, defect, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. deformity

   Synonyms:
   ugliness, disfigurement, hideousness, abnormity, monstrosity

   Antonyms:
   grace, beauty, decoration, ornament

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1. deformity, malformation, misshapennessnoun

   an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed

   Synonyms:
   miscreation, disfigurement, disfiguration, misshapenness, malformation

2. disfigurement, disfiguration, deformitynoun

   an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen

   "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"

   Synonyms:
   disfigurement, malformation, misshapenness, defacement, disfiguration

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1. deformityadjective

   Synonyms:
   distortion, malformation, misproportion, ugliness, inelegance, disfigurement, monstrosity, want of symmetry

2. deformityadjective

   Synonyms:
   irregularity, deviation from propriety

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1. deformitynoun

   Synonyms:
   malformation, disfigurement, unshapeliness distortion

   Associated words:
   orthopedy, orthopraxy, orthopedic, orthopedist

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1. List of paraphrases for "deformity":

   malformation, deformation

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. deformity

   Synonyms:
   Deformation

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1. Max Beerbohm:

   It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.

2. William Blake:

   The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

3. Edwin Wiek:

   She’s fatter than when she first came to us, but you can see the shape of her spine very clearly – it’s a physical deformity she will have to live with, but she’s doing well.

4. Alexander Hamilton, Speech on 21 June 1788 urging ratification of the Constitution in New York.:

   It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.

5. Emmanuel Audenaert:

   During puberty and as a result of changing testosterone hormone balance, the growth plate weakens around the age of 12-13, making it even more sensitive to displacement or deformity, severe muscular training and high loading activities should be restricted until skeletal maturity for any joint and sport.