stooped

4.7

A person with a curved back and shoulders that lean forward when standing or walking

adjective
/stuːpt/

: encorvado

After hours of working at the computer, she felt stooped and had to stretch her back.

The fact that someone like was like shot in their shot already stooped and pretty wild.

Examples

The elderly man walked slowly, his shoulders stooped from years of hard labor.
Hunch shoulder action and she's stooped over a little bit, so I'm going to drop her breasts a little.
What figure did did Lowell cut next to the galleries also, glamorous and shabby chic or not quite stooped and hilarious.
The frail woman appeared stooped as she leaned heavily on her cane while walking.

Synonyms

hunched

vsstooped

1 4.1

Having a rounded back and shoulders because you bend forward

applies mainly to standing posture rather than also to sitting

round-shouldered

vsstooped

1 4.8

Having shoulders and upper back bent forward instead of standing straight

covers the whole upper body rounded rather than only the shoulders

stooping

vsstooped

4.8

A person with a bent back and shoulders who does not stand straight

is the same posture but names the static condition rather than the action

round-backed

vsstooped

5.9

Having a rounded back and shoulders, not straight

is a simpler term focusing on the rounded forward posture

Antonyms

erect

17 4.0

Standing or held straight up without leaning

How Bent

hunched

1 4.1

stooped

4.7

upright

44 2.7

Surface Forms

stooped positive

Morphology

stooped = stoop (transparent) = stoop + ed

A straightforward past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'stoop' with -ed; the meaning 'bent forward' is directly derived.

Etymology

Stooped comes from an old English verb stūpan that meant 'to bend forward'. So a stooped person is one whose back and shoulders are bent forward and who is not standing straight.