hunchbacked
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˈhʌnʧˌbækt/
:
jorobado
- A hunchbacked hawk and... was that a red-winged falcon?
- hunchbacked man
Examples
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The hunchbacked man was already gone.
Fiction book (1996) -
"We found a mound on our land and inside a hunchbacked terracotta figure," says the son eagerly.
Academic text (1995) -
For years, the hunchbacked woman had haunted her dreams.
Fiction book (1993) -
A small, hunchbacked robot was picking its way across the pile.
Fiction book (1994) -
Ginger continues to look for the girl, encountering the hunchbacked man.
Academic text (2016) -
Har was watching a hunchbacked woman driving by in a little motorized car.
Fiction book (1992) -
This kind of world is for small hunchbacked creatures, for scratchy clerks.
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A client of mine with a longstanding passion for African terracottas recently purchased a small and expensive hunchbacked terracotta figure.
Academic text (1995) -
Wallpaper in a burgundy fleur-de-lis pattern peeled behind cracking plaster walls, and furniture crouched like hunchbacked creatures beneath white sheets.
Blog text (13) -
The hunchbacked man struggled to stand upright as he walked down the street.
Synonyms
1
4.1
Having a rounded back and shoulders because you bend forward
1
6.5
Has a hump on the back, often from a curved backbone
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4.8
Having shoulders and upper back bent forward instead of standing straight
A person or animal with a rounded, raised back like a camel
Having a rounded back that sticks out because the spine curves
An upper back that curves forward too much, making a rounded shape
A person with a curved back and shoulders that lean forward when standing or walking
A person with a bent back and shoulders who does not stand straight
Having a rounded back and shoulders, not straight
Antonyms
How Stooped
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hunchbacked is made from hunch ('hump') and back ('back'), so it literally means a 'back with a hump'. That's why hunchbacked describes someone whose spine is rounded or stooped.