humpbacked
With rounded back
Humpbacked describes someone or something with a rounded, protruding back—a hump.
The term applies to people with spinal deformities, though this use is now considered insensitive; hunchbacked carries the same meaning.
More neutrally, it describes animals: humpbacked whales, a humpbacked bridge with a steep arch in the middle.
Hunched back condition
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- stoopedBent body forward
- hunchedBent at spine
- bentCurved; also dishonest
rounded · slouched · posture · vertebrae · thoracic · spine · lordosis · scoliosis
Abnormally or poorly formed
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- crookedBent or dishonest
- twistedWound around itself
- contortedTwisted unnaturally
malformed · disfigured · warped · distorted · bent · irregular · asymmetrical · grotesque
Heavily weighted down
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- stoopedBent body forward
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- overburdenedCarrying more than manageable
encumbered · oppressed · saddled · bearing · load · yoke · struggle · toil
kyphosis
Hunched back condition
bent · rounded · slouched · posture · vertebrae · thoracic · spine · lordosis · scoliosis · Quasimodo
misshapen
Abnormally or poorly formed
contorted · malformed · disfigured · warped · distorted · bent · irregular · asymmetrical · grotesque · gibbous
laden
Heavily weighted down
- weighed downMade heavy by burden
- stoopedBent body forward
- bentCurved; also dishonest
overburdened · encumbered · oppressed · saddled · bearing · load · yoke · struggle · toil
bridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
- viaductArched span crossing valleys
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- spanDistance between endpoints
vault · dome · keystone · arcade · archway · catenary · camber · crescent · bowed · convex
cetacean
Aquatic mammal order
- baleenWhale's filtering bristles
- flukesParasitic flatworms or lucky accidents
- blowholeWhale's breathing aperture
breaching · pod · krill · song · migration · flippers · pleats · calf · spout · endangered
humpbackederect
Vertical in position
upright · ramrod-straight · unbent · tall
humpbackedfit
Proper or healthy
able-bodied · well-formed · lithe · athletic · statuesque
- humpback whaleLarge singing baleen cetacean
- humpback bridgeSharply arched small bridge