hunchback

UK /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/ US /ˈhʌnt͡ʃbæk/

noun 3

Definitions

noun

One who is stooped or hunched over.

A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.

A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

ADJ.

many, old

VERB + HUNCHBACK

become, helped, shunned

HUNCHBACK + NOUN

notre-dame, street

noun — a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature

noun — an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

The movie "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" has been renamed and is now called "The Bell of Notre-Dame".

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I helped an old hunchback cross the street.

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The hunchback doesn't see his own hump but his companion's.

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Many shunned the hunchback.

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If you keep using that posture, you'll become a hunchback.

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His mother has a hunchback.

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i Register

In some senses, hunchback is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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