sitting upright
Seated with spine straight
Sitting upright describes a posture where the torso is vertical rather than slouched, reclined, or bent forward.
The phrase emphasizes erectness of the spine: The doctor told him to sit upright during the examination.
Someone who sits bolt upright has suddenly straightened, often from alarm or surprise.
- postureBody position, alignment
- straightNot curved or crooked
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- erectVertical in position
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
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- postureposture, posture corrector, slouch, slouching, standing posture
- primate traitsopposable thumbs, grasping hands, prehensile, binocular vision, arboreal
- Respiratory Carealbuterol, inhaler, oxygen therapy, supplemental oxygen, steroid inhaler
- lung diseaseasthma, COPD, emphysema, bronchitis, chronic bronchitis
sitting uprightslouching
Poor postural alignment
slumping · hunching · hunched over · slouched · slumped
sitting uprightlying down
In horizontal position
reclining · lying flat · stretched out · lounging · horizontal
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