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sloucher

sloucher

1 7.7
A person who sits or stands with a curved back and drooping shoulders
  • noun
  • /ˈslaʊtʃər/
: encorvado
  • Timmy was compact, a sloucher and ambler.

Examples

  • Don't be a sloucher.

  • You're a sloucher.

  • And you're a sloucher.

  • So someone who's a chronic sloucher, you're you're stretching those ligaments out, which means to sit up, you have to rely more on the muscles in your back than is natural.

  • Many people notice that my friend is a sloucher because she often hunches over her desk when working.

  • He has always been a sloucher, often seen slumping in his chair during meetings.

  • As a sloucher, she struggled to maintain good posture while walking and sitting.

Synonyms

lounger
vssloucher
1 5.8

A person who often rests and does very little

describes a habitual drooping posture rather than general laziness
sprawler
vssloucher
1 7.4

A person who sits or lies with arms and legs spread out

focuses on a drooping upper body rather than limbs spread wide
stooper
vssloucher
9.5

A person who often walks or stands with head and shoulders bent forward

is broader and includes sitting with a drooped posture as well as standing

How Spread Out

sprawler
1 7.4
sloucher
1 7.7
sitter
2 4.1

Surface Forms

sloucher singular
slouchers plural

Morphology

sloucher = slouch (transparent) = slouch + er

Standard agentive formation: 'slouch' (verb) + '-er' yields 'person who slouches', a directly predictable meaning for learners.

Etymology

The word sloucher comes from the common verb slouch meaning 'to sit or stand with drooping shoulders', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who does something'. So a sloucher is literally 'one who slouches', which is why it means a person with a drooping or bad posture.