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Misshapen vs Misshapes - What's the difference?

misshapen | misshapes |

As an adjective misshapen

is having a bad or ugly form; deformed; malformed.

As a verb misshapes is

third-person singular of misshape.

misshapen

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a bad or ugly form; deformed; malformed.

    • misshapes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misshape)

    • misshape

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A misshapen person; a misshapen body.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.12:
  • *:The one of them, that elder did appeare, / With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew, / That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
  • A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
  • *1995 , (Jarvis Cocker) et al., "Mis-Shapes":
  • *:Mis-shapes , mistakes, misfits / Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.

    • Verb

  • To shape badly or incorrectly.

    • Related terms

    * misshapen

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