hunchback
18
7.2
- noun
- /ˈhʌnʧˌbæk/
- Slur
:
jorobado
- Mendoza, the character played by Don Juan, is physically deformed—a hunchback, like the historical Alarcon.
- dwarves and hunchbacks
- little hunchback
Examples
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He's a hunchback.
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I do not want to be a hunchback like my father.
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Of course... he had a hunchback.
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- He was dressed as a hunchback.
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Out steps Max, a small hunchback in a black chauffeur's uniform.
Fiction book (1999) -
Three children were buried apart, as were four hunchbacks, their bodies bent, perhaps, by the same disease.
Academic text (2010) -
Well, with his crab-like posture, K'anal'orb did sort of look like a hunchback.
Fiction book (1998) -
The hunchback struggled to walk upright due to his rounded back.
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When she saw the hunchback in the park, she felt a mix of curiosity and compassion.
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He worked hard to make life easier for the hunchback, who faced many challenges.
Synonyms
1
9.6
A strong forward bend of the upper spine that makes the back rounded
1
7.5
A curve in the upper spine that makes the back bend and stick out
A person who has a spine that curves to the side
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hunchback comes from the two parts hunch, which means 'hump' or 'lump', and back, so it originally named someone with a hump on their back. That's why hunchback means a person with a rounded or bent spine.