Synonyms for deform
dɪˈfɔrmde·form

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1. deformverb

   Synonyms:
   contort, warp, distort

2. deformverb

   To remove the form of.

   Synonyms:
   contort, distort, warp

3. deformverb

   To remove the looks of; to disfigure; as, a face deformed by bitterness.

   Synonyms:
   warp, contort, distort

4. deformverb

   To mar the character of; as, a marriage deformed by jealousy.

   Synonyms:
   warp, contort, distort

5. deformverb

   To alter the shape of by stress.

   Synonyms:
   warp, contort, distort

6. deformverb

   To become misshapen or changed in shape.

   Synonyms:
   warp, distort, contort

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1. deform

   Synonyms:
   deface, disfigure, mar, spoil

   Antonyms:
   adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, garnish, gild, illustrate, ornament

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1. deformverb

   make formless

   "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

   Synonyms:
   change shape, change form, twist, flex, distort, bend, wring, strain, contort, turn

2. contort, deform, distort, wringverb

   twist and press out of shape

   Synonyms:
   turn, warp, extort, strain, wring, bend, rack, wrench, color, twist, colour, falsify, squeeze, distort, garble, twine, tinge, contort, flex, change shape, change form, gouge

3. flex, bend, deform, twist, turnverb

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

   "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

   Synonyms:
   bend, wriggle, wrick, wind, change state, change form, crouch, contort, release, rick, work, call on, worm, bow, change by reversal, flex, convolute, deflect, move around, wrench, become, grow, turn, sour, reverse, sophisticate, change shape, sprain, curve, twist around, twist, twine, distort, ferment, wrestle, turn over, wring, plow, writhe, strain, squirm, turn away, pervert, stoop, plough

4. deformverb

   become misshapen

   "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"

   Synonyms:
   change shape, change form, twist, flex, distort, bend, wring, strain, contort, turn

5. deform, distort, strainverb

   alter the shape of (something) by stress

   "His body was deformed by leprosy"

   Synonyms:
   turn, warp, try, stress, strain, filter out, tense up, reach, wring, bend, tense, extend, color, twist, sift, separate out, filter, colour, falsify, puree, garble, strive, filtrate, twine, tinge, contort, flex, sieve, change shape, change form, distort

6. change shape, change form, deformverb

   assume a different shape or form

   Synonyms:
   change form, twist, flex, change shape, bend, wring, strain, turn, contort, distort

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Change Shape

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1. deformverb

   Synonyms:
   disfigure, deface, mar, injure, spoil, make unsightly, make ugly

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1. List of paraphrases for "deform":

   distort, bend, warp

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1. Riek Machar:

   salva kiir is too deform to be reform

2. Marc Neveu:

   When ice is warmer and squishier, it becomes more responsive to tidal forces that deform it, mimas lacked the minimum amount of heat to start with to get tidal forces to trigger runaway heating.

3. Wen Yang:

   We were able to see how the collagen fibers deform without a catastrophic failure including the mechanisms of twisting, folding, sliding, stretching, delamination.