Dictionary

misshapen en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [mɪʃˈʃeɪ.pən] commonly
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mysshapen, misse shapen, mysshape, mysshap; equivalent to mis- + shapen.

Meanings

1. Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed; ill-shapen.
2. (broadly, figuratively) Morally or intellectually warped.

Forms

Antonyms

shapely · amorphous

Deriveds

misshapenness · misshapenly

Hypernyms

ugly

Hyponyms

unsymmetrical · asymmetric · asymmetrical · lopsided

Synonyms

unfashionable · distorted · malformed · disfigured · shapeless · misshapen · deformed · misproportioned · deform · misproportioned

Translations (29)

ga anchumtha (deformed) · ga dodhealbhach (deformed) · sv missbildad (deformed) · it deforme (deformed) · es malhecho (deformed) · pdt draljedreit (deformed) · ga míchumtha (deformed) · sv vanskapt (deformed) · ru деформи́рованный (deformed) · de missgestaltet (deformed) · no vanskapt (deformed) · pl zniekształcony (deformed) · nl misvormd (deformed) · sh deformisan (deformed) · no misdannet (deformed) · fi vääristynyt (deformed) · fa بیریخت (deformed) · la dēfōrmis (deformed) · grc δύσμορφος (deformed) · bg деформиран (deformed) · sh деформисан (deformed) · la distortus (deformed) · sco hurklin (deformed) · gl contrafeito (deformed) · ga míchruthach (deformed) · fi epämuodostunut (deformed) · pl niekształtny (deformed) · gl deforme (deformed) · bg уродлив (deformed)

misshapen en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [mɪʃˈʃeɪ.pən] commonly
• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən/

Etymology

From Middle English (attested as mysshapend). Probably partly from the adjective and partly from mis- + shapen (verb), though shapen is attested later.

Meanings

1. (transitive) Synonym of misshape.
   • Large barrel sponges are misshapened by the strong currents 2005, Solomon Baksh, Trinidad & Tobago (Macmillan Caribbean Dive Guides), Oxford, Oxon: Macmillan Caribbean, →ISBN, page 71:
   • Skin the fish before cooking since the skin shrinks as it cooks and misshapens the fillets. 1997, Kay Pastorius, Cruising Cuisine: Fresh Food From the Galley, Camden, Me.: International Marine, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 87, column 2:
   • If the feet are well shaped but have some weakness, they will ultimately give way under the strain of use and lose their natural shape, often becoming distorted. This, of coarse, results in the distortion of the shoe. Few persons realize to what extent shoes are misshapened by defective feet. 1924 January 4, William M[athias] Scholl, “Ten Simple Exercises to Help Strengthen Your Feet”, in The Mexia Daily News, volume XXVI, number 3, Mexia, Tex., page five, column 1:

Forms

Synonyms

misshape