Shapeless
['ʃeɪplɪs] or ['ʃepləs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking symmetry or attractive form; 'a shapeless hat on his head' .
Typed by Denis--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.
Typist: Stephanie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Amorphous, unformed, formless, chaotic, shadowy, undefined, monstrous,misshaped, ugly, unsymmetrical, rude, uncouth, grotesque
ANT:Comely, shaped, formed, shapely, compact, trim, neat, well-defined, handsome,symmetrical
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Examples
- As I lay on the lounge and my eyes grew accustomed to the darkness, I fancied I could see a long, dusky, shapeless thing stretched upon the floor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These girls wear a single garment, usually, and it is loose, shapeless, of undecided color; it is generally out of repair, too. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was strange that she should have chosen to come back and test the full effect of this shapeless, barren ugliness upon herself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was only a shapeless ruin. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The girl's fat, shapeless face actually stretched into a broad grin at the sight of the wounded creature on the floor. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He had plenty of nerve, and was not at all put out at the amusement of the other men when he walked into the Boston office, clad in an old and shapeless linen duster. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There can, I think, be no doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the royal Stuarts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- After a while we came to a shapeless mass of ruins, which still bears the name of Bethel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He is led into a solitary mountain region; all round him is rude and desolate, shapeless, and almost colourless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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