Added 9 October 2026 ill-shapen adjective Categories: Describing Words adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about ill-shapen at Wordnik → Where our words come from → So badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly. deformed thalidomide babies Related Words: deformeddistortedmalformedmisshapenunshapelyunshapenmisshapedshapenunshapedmisshapedistortsunsymmetrical Back to today's word