stooping

4.8

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

adjective
/ˈstuːpɪŋ/

: encorvado

Years of hard work in the fields left her with a stooping posture.

Examples

The doctor noticed the stooping figure of his patient as she entered the room.
The old man was stooping as he walked down the street.
The stooping old man slowly made his way down the street.
She noticed a stooping figure in the park.
After years of hard work, the elderly man was stooping, but he still enjoyed gardening every day.
The old woman was stooping as she picked up her grocery bags from the floor.
He noticed his mother was stooping slightly while reading on the couch.

Synonyms

hunched

vsstooping

1 4.1

Having a rounded back and shoulders because you bend forward

applies mainly to standing with a bent posture rather than sitting

round-shouldered

vsstooping

1 4.8

Having shoulders and upper back bent forward instead of standing straight

covers the whole back and a forward bent posture rather than only upper back

stooped

vsstooping

4.7

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

has identical meaning but uses a different grammatical form

round-backed

vsstooping

5.9

Having a rounded back and shoulders, not straight

focuses on a bent posture and not standing upright rather than shape

Antonyms

to stand

∞ 1.0

To be or put something in an upright position

How Bent

hunched

1 4.1

stooping

4.8

upright

44 2.7

Surface Forms

stooping positive

Morphology

stooping = stoop (transparent) = stoop + ing

A straightforward adjectival/participle formation from the verb 'stoop'; the meaning is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Stooping comes from the old word stoop, which meant 'to bend' or 'to bow'. So a stooping person is one who bends forward, with the back and shoulders rounded.