humpbacked
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈhʌmpˌbækt/
- Archaic
:
jorobado
- I mean, you care, but it's just humpbacked and crooked, you know?
- humpbacked whale
Examples
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Embedded on the curving side of the pitcher was a humpbacked figure.
Fiction book (1993) -
The humpbacked, toothless visage of old age?
Fiction book (1994) -
Although suddenly this one humpbacked old couple says,
Fiction book (1995) -
It's just humpbacked and crooked, you know?
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"Yes, a humpbacked figure playing a flute.
Fiction book (1993) -
Gray-haired, humpbacked, half blind, bummin' cigarettes from office boys.
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It had been an old animal, humpbacked and silver about the muzzle, but well-fed, with a thick winter pelt.
Fiction book (2001) -
My husband slows down for an old humpbacked lady crossing the street.
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Marvin, a wrinkled, humpbacked man wearing a green eyeshade, sat behind a counter reading a copy of the Racing News.
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Gray-haired, humpbacked, half blind, bummin' cigarettes from office boys.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person with a curved back so the shoulders bend forward
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4.1
Having a rounded back and shoulders because you bend forward
A person or animal with a rounded, raised back like a camel
Having a rounded back that sticks out because the spine curves
An upper back that curves forward too much, making a rounded shape
Having a rounded back and shoulders, not straight
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word humpbacked is made of hump and back. A hump is a rounded 'bump' and back is the body part, so the word means having a 'bump' or curve on the back, like a camel or a humpback whale.