Learn English – How to describe an anomaly in the car body! deformation? Sunken

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Suppose you had a very slight car accident and a point of the car's door looks as if it's pushed in, something like this

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However, without any scratches, just a simple anomaly that can be easily fixed. How do you describe the door?

I came up with:

  1. The car's left door is now a bit deformed
  2. The car's left door is now a bit pushed-in
  3. The car's door looks concave

I am not sure about any of these sentence. Would you help with this?


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Best Answer

My first thought was “dent”:

dent
a small, hollow mark in the surface of something caused by pressure or being hit:
She ran into my car and put a dent in it.
(Cambridge Dictionary)

Briefly, “deformation” suggests to me a manufacturer’s error, not a dent.

“Pushed in” seems okay to me, but that’s somewhat broad, or not as specific as “dent”.

“Concave” sounds like a technical observation and not really like damage from an accident.