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Search phrase: shapeless

Plays

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.ii.20Ill-faced, worse-bodied, shapeless everywhere; Ill-fac'd, worse bodied, shapelesse euery where:
King JohnKJ V.vii.27Which he hath left so shapeless and so rude.Which he hath left so shapelesse, and so rude.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.303Disguised like Muscovites in shapeless gear;Disguis'd like Muscouites in shapelesse geare:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.8Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.Weare out thy youth with shapelesse idlenesse.

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.973 Shape every bush a hideous shapeless devil. Shape euery bush a hideous shapelesse deuill.
Venus and AdonisVen.415 ‘ Who wears a garment shapeless and unfinished? Who weares a garment shapelesse and vnfinisht?

Glossary

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chaospiece of shapeless matter, amorphous mass
indigestshapeless mass, confused situation
indigestshapeless, deformed, crude
indistinguishableshapeless, misshapen, disfigured
shapelessunshapely, ugly, unsightly
shapelessaimless, without guidance, desultory

Thesaurus

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mass, shapelessindigest
shapelessindistinguishable
shapelessindigest
shapeless massindigest
shapeless matterchaos

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