noun
Meaning 1
One who is stooped or hunched over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hunchback
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: humpback, crookback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cripple
noun
Meaning 5
an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kyphosis, humpback
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinal curvature
History
Etymology
Back-formation from hunchbacked.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: qozbel — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Azerbaijani: donqar — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Czech: hrbáč — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Finnish: koukkuselkä — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Finnish: kyttyräselkä — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- French: bossu — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- French: bossue — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- German: Buckliger — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- German: Bucklige — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Greek: καμπούρης (kampoúris) — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Greek: καμπούρα (kampoúra) — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Hungarian: púpos — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Irish: cruitíneach — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Māori: piari — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Portuguese: corcunda — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Tagalog: kuba — derogatory: person with kyphosis
- Turkish: kambur — derogatory: person with kyphosis
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