humped
/hʌmpt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a hump or a rounded, protruding shape: Describes something that has a hump, which is a rounded lump or protuberance.
- Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis: Specifically refers to an abnormal curvature of the spine, resulting in a hunched or rounded back.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The camel is a humped animal. (The camel is an animal with a hump.)
- The old man walked with a humped posture. (The old man walked with a hunched back.)
- The landscape was dotted with humped hills. (The landscape had many small, rounded hills.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be humped over": to be bent forward with a rounded back.
- She was humped over her desk, concentrating on her work. (She was bent over her desk, concentrating on her work.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hump (noun): A rounded lump or protuberance, especially on the back.
- The dromedary camel has one large hump.
- Hump (verb): To carry something heavy with difficulty; to make something form a hump.
- He humped the heavy bag up the stairs.
- Hunchbacked (adj): An older, sometimes offensive term for having a hunched back.
- Kyphosis (n): The medical term for an excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.
Synonyms
- Hunched: Bent or curved into a hump shape.
- Crookbacked: Having a crooked or bent back (archaic).
- Gibbous: Protuberant; humped (often used in astronomy for the moon).
Related Phrases
- Over the hump: Past the most difficult part of a task or period.
- The project is over the hump now; the rest should be easier. (The most difficult part of the project is finished.)
Related Idioms
- Get the hump (British informal): To become annoyed or sulky.
- He really got the hump when he wasn't invited. (He became very annoyed when he wasn't invited.)
Adjective
- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column