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deformity

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  1. 1. a. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness. To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak. 2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from other or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. Milton. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n. an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed Source: ecdict

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