crooked spine
Bent vertebral column
A crooked spine is one that curves abnormally—whether from scoliosis, injury, or age.
The phrase appears in medical contexts but also figuratively for moral failing or weakness: a crooked spine that wouldn't let him stand up to the boss.
Someone with a crooked spine lacks the backbone to do what's right.
- scoliosisLateral vertebral deviation
- hunchbackSpinal deformity causing stooping
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- twistedWound around itself
vertebrae · posture · bad posture · hunched · stooped · kyphosis · brace · deformity · backbone · lordosis · slouch · misaligned · orthopedic · curvature · contorted · gnarled · warped · chiropractor
- abnormalitiesmalformation, deformation, anomaly, birth defect, abnormal growth
- spinal conditionskyphosis, scoliosis, lordosis, hunchback, swayback
- Physical Anomaliescleft lip, cleft palate, clubfoot, birthmark, heterochromia
- bone disordersosteoporosis, rickets, bone fracture, broken bone, bone loss
- misalignmentmisaligned, misalignment, off-center, displaced, off-kilter