hunched

hunched
hunched hunched adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of people.

Syn: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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