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mis-shapen

mis-shapen is the alternative form of misshapen.

Meaning of misshapen

Adjective

misshapen (comparative more misshapen, superlative most misshapen)

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

See all 3 meanings of misshapen

Forms of mis-shapen

comparativemore mis-shapen
superlativemost mis-shapen

Questions about mis-shapen

What is mis-shapen the alternative form of?
Mis-shapen is the alternative form of misshapen.

Words near mis-shapen in the dictionary

  1. mis-hitting
  2. mis-housed
  3. mis-pass
  4. mis-sang
  5. mis-sell
  6. mis-shapen
  7. mis-shoe
  8. mis-shunt
  9. mis-shunts
  10. mis-sing
  11. mis-singing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mis-shapen (page history and authors); misshapen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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