hunchback
Severely stooped person
A hunchback is a person with a pronounced curvature of the upper spine, creating a rounded or humped back.
The term is old-fashioned and now considered offensive when applied to people—medical language prefers kyphosis for the condition.
The word persists mainly through literary references: The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Bent body forward
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- rounded shouldersForward-sloping shoulder posture
- slouchedDrooped in posture
- crookedBent or dishonest
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- EsmeraldaSpanish for emerald
- PhoebusGreek god personifying sunlight
bell ringer · cathedral · Paris · sanctuary · gargoyles · outcast · tragedy · romanticism
Hunched back condition
spinal deformity · scoliosis · lordosis · orthopedic · congenital · thoracic · posture · protrusion
Shunned, rejected person
- bell ringerOne who tolls
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
- deformedAbnormally shaped
grotesque · sympathetic · isolated · hidden · shunned · pitied · inner beauty · redemption
stooped
Bent body forward
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- rounded shouldersForward-sloping shoulder posture
- slouchedDrooped in posture
crooked · bowed · crouched · leaning · contracted · misshapen · aged
Quasimodo
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- EsmeraldaSpanish for emerald
Phoebus · bell ringer · cathedral · Paris · sanctuary · gargoyles · outcast · tragedy · romanticism · archdeacon
kyphosis
Hunched back condition
hump · spinal deformity · scoliosis · lordosis · orthopedic · congenital · thoracic · posture · protrusion · humpback
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- bell ringerOne who tolls
- recluseOne choosing isolation
- misunderstoodIncorrectly comprehended
deformed · grotesque · sympathetic · isolated · hidden · shunned · pitied · inner beauty · redemption · tragic figure
- Mad Scientistmad scientist, secret lab, lab coat, laboratory, evil genius
- back problemslumbago, sciatica, herniation, disc herniation, pinched nerve
- disfigurementsscars, scar, scarring, deformities, deformity
- grotesquegrotesquerie, grotesque, grotesquery, deformity, freaks
- Mechsmech suit, mech suits, cockpit, pilot seat, actuators
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
hunchbackstraight back
Vertically aligned spine
erect posture · military bearing · lordosis · ramrod straight · bolt upright