hunched

Meanings

• Verb

  To bend forward from the waist, assuming a hunchbacked posture.

  - "He hunched over the table, deep in thought."
  - "The old man's back was hunched with age."

• Noun

  A person with an abnormally curved spine.

  - "The hunchbacked man lived in the castle."
  - "The painting depicted a hunchbacked old woman."

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Synonyms

elbow , nudge , lean , slouch , stoop , slouch

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with hunched
munch , punch , crunch , hunch , bunch

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Variants

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hunch , hunched , hunches , hunching

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Etymology

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Old English 'huncian' meaning 'to bend, curve, or turn'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'hunchback' originated from the Old English word 'huncian', meaning 'to bend, curve, or turn'.

2. The hunchback character in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is named 'Cogsworth', but he is often referred to as 'Lumière's hunchback clock'.

3. Quasimodo, the hunchback character from Victor Hugo's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', is actually described as having a normal face and beautiful eyes.

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Related Concepts

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1. Hunchbacked: A person with an abnormally curved spine, particularly in the upper back, causing them to lean forward.

2. Hunchbacked Posture: A posture characterized by excessive forward curvature of the spine, typically in the upper back and neck.

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Culture

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In literature, 'hunchback' is a common trope for characters with physical deformities, often associated with outcast status and tragic backstories.

How to Memorize "hunched"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person bending forward from the waist with a curved spine.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'hunchback' with the image of a person with a curved spine.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic like 'Hunchback, hunched back, hunched over, hunchbacked.'

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