ill-shapen ills·ha·pen uncommon adjective 1. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly “deformed thalidomide babies” “his poor distorted limbs” “an ill-shapen vase” “a limp caused by a malformed foot” “misshapen old fingers” Synonymsdeformeddistortedmalformedmisshapen Similarunshapely WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.