humped

7.5

A person or animal with a rounded, raised back like a camel

adjective
/hʌmpt/

: jorobado

In the museum, we saw a statue of a humped figure that depicted an ancient warrior.

Examples

Due to her condition, she had a humped back that made it difficult for her to stand straight.
And so you have branch branches that sort of open up like that and you get this double humped aspect.
And a country half the world away can make your honking humped camel cheaper than you can ship it.
The humped camel slowly trudged across the desert, showcasing its distinctive back.

Synonyms

hunchbacked

vshumped

1 7.7

A person with a curved back so the shoulders bend forward

is similar but emphasizes the simple presence of a rounded spine

humpbacked

vshumped

Archaic

1 6.5

Has a hump on the back, often from a curved backbone

is the general descriptor for having an abnormal rounded spine

kyphotic

vshumped

Specialized

9.9

An upper back that curves forward too much, making a rounded shape

is the nontechnical way to describe that curved spinal shape

gibbous

vshumped

Specialized

9.9

Having a rounded back that sticks out because the spine curves

is the ordinary adjective for having an abnormal rounded spine

Antonyms

straight

442 1.0

In a direct line without curves or bends

Compounds

double-humped

5.8

Having two humps like some camels

one-humped

5.2

With a single hump, like a camel

two-humped

5.3

Having two humps on an animal's back

How Curved

humped

7.5

rounded

1 2.4

straight-backed

3 5.1

Surface Forms

humped positive

Morphology

humped = hump (transparent) = hump + ed

Formed by the productive addition of '-ed' to 'hump' to mean 'having a hump', which B1 learners can infer from the base.

Etymology

Humped comes from the old word hump, which means a 'bump' or rounded lump on the back, like a camel's hump. So a person who is humped has a curved or rounded back, often from posture or many years of hard work.