hunched

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hunched
    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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hunched \hunched\ adj.
   having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; -- of
   people.

   Syn: round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping,
        crooked.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the
      back. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunched":
      arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, concave,
      convex, embowed, gibbose, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, humpy,
      hunchy, oxbow, vaulted

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