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humpbacked

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Being a humpback bridge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of humpback

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, humped, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From hump + backed.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَحْدَب (ʔaḥdab) — having a hump on the back
  • Armenian: կուզ (kuz) — having a hump on the back
  • Armenian: սապատավոր (sapatavor) — having a hump on the back
  • Assamese: কুঁজা (kũza) — having a hump on the back
  • Assamese: উঠঙা-পিঠীয়া (uthoṅa-pithia) — having a hump on the back
  • Bulgarian: гърбав (gǎrbav) — having a hump on the back
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駝背的 /驼背的 (tuóbèi de) — having a hump on the back
  • Czech: hrbatý — having a hump on the back
  • Danish: pukkelrygget — having a hump on the back
  • Finnish: kyttyräselkäinen — having a hump on the back
  • Finnish: koukkuselkäinen — having a hump on the back
  • French: bossu — having a hump on the back
  • Galician: xiboso — having a hump on the back
  • Galician: chepudo — having a hump on the back
  • Galician: curvo — having a hump on the back
  • German: bucklig — having a hump on the back
  • Greek: καμπούρης (kampoúris) — having a hump on the back
  • Ancient Greek: κυρτός (kurtós) — having a hump on the back
  • Ancient Greek: ὑβός (hubós) — having a hump on the back
  • Hungarian: púpos — having a hump on the back
  • Ido: giboza — having a hump on the back
  • Ingrian: gorbain — having a hump on the back
  • Ingrian: kyyryselkäin — having a hump on the back
  • Japanese: せむしの (semushi no) — having a hump on the back
  • Latin: gibbus — having a hump on the back
  • Latin: gibber — having a hump on the back
  • Old English: hoferede — having a hump on the back
  • Old English: ġehoferod — having a hump on the back
  • Plautdietsch: pucklich — having a hump on the back
  • Polish: garbaty — having a hump on the back
  • Portuguese: corcunda — having a hump on the back
  • Russian: горба́тый (gorbátyj) — having a hump on the back
  • Scots: hurklin — having a hump on the back
  • Scottish Gaelic: crotach — having a hump on the back
  • Tagalog: hukong — having a hump on the back
  • Telugu: కుబ్జము (kubjamu) — having a hump on the back
  • Turkish: kambur — having a hump on the back
  • Ukrainian: горба́тий (horbátyj) — having a hump on the back
  • Yiddish: קאַרפּאַטע (karpate) — having a hump on the back
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