formlessness

formlessness: (New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Lack of shape

Nouns — formlessness, shapelessness, amorphism, informity; deformity, disfigurement, defacement, derangement, mutilation; disorder, chaos; distortion.

Verbs — deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate, misshape; derange, disorder, distort.

Adjectives — formless, shapeless, amorphous; unformed, unhewn, uncut, unfashioned, unshapen; rough, rude, rugged, barbarous, chaotic; blank, vague, nebulous, half-baked; misshapen, disordered, distorted.

Quotations — Bah! the thing is not a nose at all, but a bit of primordial chaos clapped on to my face (H. G. Wells).

Antonyms, see form.

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formlessness — noun see formless … New Collegiate Dictionary
formlessness — See formlessly. * * * … Universalium
formlessness — noun The quality of being formless … Wiktionary
formlessness — n. shapelessness, state of being without set form; vagueness … English contemporary dictionary
formlessness — form·less·ness … English syllables
formlessness — See: formless … English dictionary
formlessness — noun see formless … Useful english dictionary
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