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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" [syn: hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hunch Hunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hunching.] 1. To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly. 2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are hunched, or hunched up, you are leaning forwards with your shoulders raised and your head down, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy. A solitary hunched figure emerged from Number Ten... ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, concave, convex, embowed, gibbose, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunchy, oxbow, vaulted