deform

Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.

• […] I did proclame, / That vvho ſo kild that monſter moſt deforme, / And him in hardy battayle ouercame, / Should haue mine onely daughter to his Dame, and of my kingdome heyre apparaunt bee: […]
• Sight ſo deform what heart of Rock could long / Drie-ey’d behold?

To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.transitive

• They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: / Darke vvorking Sorcerers that change the minde: / Soule-killing VVitches, that deforme the bodie: […]
• [Y]ou muſt take care to keep the Bitt ſtraight to the Hole you pierce, leſt you deform the Hole, or break the Bitt.

To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.; To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.transitive

To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.alsofigurativelytransitive

• a face deformed by bitterness

To mar the character or quality of (something).transitive

• a marriage deformed by jealousy

To become changed in shape or misshapen.intransitive

• If I answer that metal’s hard and shiny and cold to the touch and deforms without breaking under blows from a harder material, [David] Hume says those are all sights and sounds and touch. There’s no substance. Tell me what metal is apart fr