straight back
No slouching allowed
A straight back is a posture with the spine erect and shoulders aligned, not hunched or slouched: Sit up with a straight back.
The term also describes chairs designed without a curve or recline: a straight-back wooden chair.
As an adverb phrase, straight back means directly in return: He went straight back to the office.
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- postureBody position, alignment
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- erectVertical in position
- rigidUnable to bend
shoulders · aligned · stand tall · stiff · tall · military · at attention · chair · lumber · seated · dignified · proud · ramrod · vertebrae · stance · sitting · poise · poker face
- postureposture, posture corrector, upright, slouch, slouching
- blade typesdrop point, spear point, tanto, sheepsfoot, needle point
- German shepherdsblack and tan, sable, long coat, short coat, double coat
- posture in schoolssitting, standing, slouching, seated posture, school desk
straight backhunched back
Abnormally curved upper spine
curved back · arched back · crooked back · hunched over · slouched
straight backhunched over
slouch · hunched back · stooped · curved back · slumped
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