Distortion (Irregularity of form)
Nouns
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distortion, detortion, contortion
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twist, crookedness etc. (obliquity) Obliquity
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grimace
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deformity
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malformation, malconformation
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harelip
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monstrosity, misproportion, want of symmetry, anamorphosis
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ugliness etc. Ugliness
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talipes
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teratology. asymmetry
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irregularity.
Verbs
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distort, contort, twist, warp, wrest, writhe, make faces, deform, misshape.
Adjectives
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distorted etc. v.
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out of shape, irregular, asymmetric, unsymmetric, awry, wry, askew, crooked
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not true, not straight
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on one side, crump, deformed
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harelipped
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misshapen, misbegotten
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misproportioned, ill proportioned
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ill-made
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grotesque, monstrous, crooked as a ram's horn
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camel backed, hump backed, hunch backed, bunch backed, crook backed
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bandy
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bandy legged, bow legged
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bow kneed, knock kneed
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splay footed, club footed
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round shouldered
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snub nosed
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curtailed of one's fair proportions
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stumpy etc. (short) Shortness
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gaunt etc. (thin) Narrowness. Thinness
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bloated etc. Expansion
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scalene
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simous
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taliped, talipedic.
Phrases
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crooked as a Virginia fence [U.S.].