Word Finder - hunched

definition

To bend the top of one's body forward while raising one's shoulders.

example

Don't hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.

synonyms

• lean
• slouch
• stoop

definition

To raise (one's shoulders) (while lowering one's head or bending the top of one's body forward); to curve (one's body) forward (sometimes followed by up).

example

He hunched up his shoulders and stared down at the ground.

definition

To walk (somewhere) while hunching one's shoulders.

synonyms

• slouch

definition

To thrust a hump or protuberance out of (something); to crook, as the back.

definition

To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust against (someone).

synonyms

• elbow
• nudge

definition

To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

His shoulders hunched protectively.

The large soldier made her feel tiny hunched next to the wall.

His eyes were closed, his body hunched and hands clenched together.

Darian was cowering at the gate-line, his wide shoulders hunched and his frame shaking.

On its long back sat Daniel, hunched forward, capless, his disheveled gray hair hanging over his flushed, perspiring face.

She unfastened the belt of her robe and hunched up, pushing it aside, letting it fall open just enough to expose an uninterrupted line of flesh from between her breasts, and down her torso and leg.

Brown-haired, blue eyes, slightly hunched, angry.

No, he wouldn't look that gift horse in the mouth, not when the embodiment of her ability sat hunched before him.

Her shoulders were hunched, her head down.

Her shoulders were still hunched, as if she waited for him to hack off her head.

The man in the white lab coat, Ully, jerked from his hunched position over a keyboard, and fear flashed in his eyes.

With some dread, she hunched her shoulders to keep anyone from looking at her micro and opened those from Mr. Tim.

She hugged her arms and hunched down into her jacket, her teeth chattering.

He knelt and then hunched to see the names at the very bottom of the small obelisk.

She remained facing the door, shoulders hunched.

Gasp at his bloated belly, bald head, hunched back and stripy trousers!

The liveried usher escorted me to the front where the Judge hunched over the table like a weathered gargoyle.

Slumped over it was a hunched figure, dressed in a flowing, multi-coloured gown, her arms wrapped around the cot.

Don't duck your head down, keep your shoulders hunched up & slowly stand up straight.

Just two figures hunched over laptops in darkness, arms occasionally reaching through the field of light cast by a carefully positioned lamp.

Several hours hunched over my laptop, giving myself a sore wrist in the process, I hereby offer my findings.

The entity now standing slightly hunched to my right, only six feet away, is Death.

He was past his fastest and his best, but still an awesome sight - back hunched, .. .

Your shoulders should be relaxed, not hunched forward or rigidly held back.

Due to the low positioning of the laptop screen and the fixed keyboard, most laptop users maintain a hunched body posture while working.

Which Element chose the part it now plays out, hunched shoulders battling against the resistless force?

Buy a road racing bike with an adjustable seat, because the handlebars of racing bikes are low, meaning you're going to be hunched over while riding.

It may be lying in a cool area on the floor or sitting hunched up.

Have you ever noticed how a thin woman looks shapeless if she's hunched over?

Hunched shoulders and contracting neck muscles are signs of narrowed airways.

If the thought of spending your days hunched over a computer under fluorescent lighting makes your skin crawl, you may want to consider pursuing different types of outdoor recreation jobs.

We all know how our bodies ache when we've been sitting at poor quality chairs, hunched over computers.

Since many people spend their days hunched over a computer, the resulting hunched forward posture hastens the forces of gravity and often causes a premature sagging of the breasts.

Most people spend a considerable amount of time hunched forward at their work computer, and then going to the gym and performing hundreds of crunches.

Sitting and standing in the proper position, instead of being hunched over, is the best way to avoid back and neck strain.

Mrs. Marsh sat in a chair opposite Adrienne, hunched over like an old woman.

It was hunched over a book large enough to cover half the black stone desk at which it sat.

His shoulders hunched instinctively as he felt the eyes of the guards atop the walls on him.

I can fix it, the Grey God swore, his large body seated and hunched as he held his head.

His knuckles were white as he clenched the steering wheel, and his tall form hunched forward.

To Dean, the tunnel was even more claustrophobic as he hunched forward, taking baby steps like a second grade schoolyard game.

Muscular and dark-skinned, Tamer was hunched over the table in the center of the room, putting the final magic touches on a new compass.

The Council's scientist hunched as the demons took his arms and withdrew him from the chamber.

Her shoulders hunched as she awaited the flurry of arrows that struck Sami.

He hunched over the book, rereading every passage, holding his breath as he turned each page.

She heard the kid scream and hunched her shoulders, nearly vomiting at the sounds of his body being torn apart.

Her mother and father-in-law sat in front of the crushed structure, hunched over while their sobs reaching her ears.

Overjoyed at her response, he sat cross-legged, hunched over the only lifeline the thousands of innocent people around him had.

Toby hunched his shoulders.  He'd wandered far enough away from camp that he'd hoped to get some food before running from Ully, who was still sleeping.

She stood in a dark, cold place, gazing at the hunched form in the corner.