misshapen

English

Alternative forms

• mis-shapen
• mishapen (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈʃeɪ.pən/, (commonly) [mɪʃˈʃeɪ.pən]

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Adjective

misshapen (comparative more misshapen, superlative most misshapen)

1. Having a bad, ugly or awkward shape; deformed; malformed.

   Synonyms: misproportioned; see also Thesaurus:misshapen

2. Morally or intellectually warped.

Quotations

• 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 18:

  Pro. This miſhapen knaue [i.e., Caliban]; / His Mother was a Witch, […]

Derived terms

• misshapenly
• misshapenness

Translations

deformed

• Bulgarian: деформиран (bg) (deformiran), уродлив (bg) (urodliv)
• Dutch: misvormd (nl)
• Finnish: vääristynyt, epämuodostunut (fi)
• Galician: deforme (gl), contrafeito
• German: missgestaltet (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δύσμορφος (dúsmorphos)

• Irish: anchumtha, dodhealbhach, míchruthach, míchumtha
• Italian: deforme (it)
• Latin: dēfōrmis, distortus
• Norwegian: vanskapt, misdannet
• Persian: بیریخت‎ (birixt)
• Plautdietsch: draljedreit
• Polish: zniekształcony, niekształtny
• Russian: деформи́рованный (ru) m (deformírovannyj)
• Scots: hurklin
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: деформисан

  Roman: deformisan (sh)

• Swedish: vanskapt (sv), missbildad (sv)