stooping
Bending forward low
Stooping is bending the body forward and downward, typically at the waist or shoulders.
The posture suggests submission, age, or the physical act of reaching something low: She was stooping to pick up the newspaper.
Figuratively, stooping implies lowering oneself to an unworthy level: I can't believe you're stooping to name-calling.
Bent at spine
- bentCurved; also dishonest
- slouchedDrooped in posture
- crouchedBent knees, lowered body
- bowingBending forward in deference
leaning · kneeling · squatting · ducking · hunchbacked · curved · rounded · slumping
Treating someone as inferior
- demeaningCausing loss of respect
- deigningLowering oneself reluctantly
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- disdainScornful disregard
superiority · contempt · snobbery · arrogance · haughtiness · disparagement · disrespect · humbling
hunched
Bent at spine
bowing · leaning · kneeling · squatting · ducking · hunchbacked · curved · rounded · slumping · lowering
patronizing
Treating someone as inferior
- demeaningCausing loss of respect
- deigningLowering oneself reluctantly
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
disdain · superiority · contempt · snobbery · arrogance · haughtiness · disparagement · disrespect · humbling · degrading
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- postureposture, posture corrector, upright, slouch, slouching
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- crouching positionssquatting, ducking, hunching, kneeling, cowering
- falconryfalcon, falconer, hood, gauntlet, jesses
- spinal conditionsspinal cord injury, spinal fracture, spinal curvature, spinal stenosis, spinal deformity
stoopingupright
Vertical or morally sound
erect · standing tall · straight · vertical · straightening
stoopingrising above
Exceeding or transcending something
inflexible · principled · unbending · upright · dignified