hunchbacked
With rounded back
Hunchbacked describes someone with an abnormally curved upper spine that creates a rounded or humped back.
The term is old-fashioned and now considered insensitive; medical contexts prefer *kyphosis* for the condition.
The hunchbacked figure shuffled through the cathedral.
The noun *hunchback* names either the condition or the person.
Hunched back condition
- stoopedBent body forward
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- roundedHaving no sharp angles
humped · dowager's hump · gibbous · crooked · slouched · curvature · spinal · vertebral
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- bell ringerOne who tolls
- EsmeraldaSpanish for emerald
outcast · sanctuary · gargoyles · adaptations · Richard III · gothic · grotesque · archetype
Shunned, rejected person
- deformityAbnormal body structure
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
prejudice · ostracism · pity · compassion · misunderstood · marginalised · bullying · cruelty
kyphosis
Hunched back condition
rounded · humped · dowager's hump · gibbous · crooked · slouched · curvature · spinal · vertebral · scoliosis
Quasimodo
Fictional deformed cathedral bellringer
- Victor HugoFrench nineteenth-century novelist
- Notre-DameMedieval Parisian Gothic cathedral
- bell ringerOne who tolls
Esmeralda · outcast · sanctuary · gargoyles · adaptations · Richard III · gothic · grotesque · archetype · tragedy
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- deformityAbnormal body structure
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
superstition · prejudice · ostracism · pity · compassion · misunderstood · marginalised · bullying · cruelty · shame
hunchbackederect
Vertical in position
upright · ramrod-straight · unbent · tall · statuesque
hunchbackedable-bodied
Physically fit, healthy
fit · athletic · well-formed · symmetrical · healthy
- The HunchbackCurved-spine recluse