unshapen
unshapen adjective: shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly. Also the past participle of unshape.
Adjective
unshapen (comparative more unshapen, superlative most unshapen)
Verb
unshapen (third-person singular simple present unshapens, present participle unshapening, simple past and past participle unshapened)
- Synonym of unshape.
- In determining this matter by instantaneous photography, the artist took the photograph of an omnibus wheel en route, and in this photograph, while the lower ends of the spokes immediately adjacent to the ground are not perceptibly unshapened by the motion, the tops of the upper spokes show an...1887 December 17, “Use of Instantaneous Photography”, in The Indianapolis News, volume XIX, number 10 (whole 5,613), Indianapolis, Ind., page [4], column 6
- In the gap of twenty years between girl and woman, what devastating life forces might have been at work, wiping bloom from cheek, dulling gleam from eves, distorting lips, smiting haggard lines on face, hardening or unshapening sweet and beloved contours, hardening, too, the mind, drying up the...1919 September, William J[ohn] Locke, “The House of Baltazar”, in Good Housekeeping, page 64, column 1
- Synonyms:
- unshape
Also used as
unshapen is also the past participle of unshape.
Synonyms of unshapen
Forms of unshapen
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unshapen |
| superlative | most unshapen |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | unshapens |
| present participle | unshapening |
| past participle | unshapened |
| past | unshapened |
Origin of unshapen
Past participle of unshape.
From un- + shapen.
Words formed from unshapen
Questions about unshapen
- What does unshapen mean?
- Unshapen means shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.
- What part of speech is unshapen?
- Unshapen can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near unshapen in the dictionary
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