Antonyms for deform

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-fawrm

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɔrm

Definition of deform

Origin : c.1400, "to disfigure," from Old French deformer (13c.), from Latin deformare "put out of shape, disfigure," from de- (see de-) + formare (see form (v.)). Related: Deformed; deforming.

verb distort, disfigure

Example sentences :

And if we are not, it is likely to give the soul such a wrenching as to deform it forever.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

I have no wish to know anything which may deform life and mar its beauty.
Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

After two seasons, this rude dwelling does not deform the scene.
Extract from : « Excursions and Poems » by Henry David Thoreau

In fact, they seem to block up the view, and to deform what they do not hide.
Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells » by Percy Dearmer

Rain does not deform the face of things everywhere as it does in a city.
Extract from : « How to Observe » by Harriet Martineau

I told him, forcefully to deform nature thus could scarce be wholesome.
Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade

He is raised and swells, like a pimple, to be an eyesore and deform the place he holds.
Extract from : « Character Writings of the 17th Century » by Various

It is clear, then, that whatever is contrary to these will generally degrade and deform it.
Extract from : « On the Sublime » by Longinus

I told him forcefully to deform nature thus could scarce be wholesome.
Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade

There are blemishes, I confess, which deform in some degree the picture.
Extract from : « The Man of Feeling » by Henry Mackenzie

Synonyms for deform

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