Meanings
alternative hump-backed
- not comparableHaving a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.
Synonyms: hunchbacked, kyphotic
- not comparableBeing a humpback bridge.
There was a little stream, or brook, never dry, flowing, now slow, now with torrential rapidity, for ever in its narrow ditch. Unsteadily a rustic bridge bestrode its dark waters, a rustic humpbacked bridge, in a state of extreme dilapidation.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of humpback
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek κυρτός, ὑβός
- κυρτός (kurtós)having a hump on the back
- ὑβός (hubós)having a hump on the back
Arabic أَحْدَب
- أَحْدَب (ʔaḥdab)having a hump on the back
Bulgarian гърбав
- гърбав (gărbav)having a hump on the back
Chinese Mandarin 駝背的 /驼背的
- 駝背的 /驼背的 (tuóbèi de)having a hump on the back
Czech hrbatý
- hrbatýhaving a hump on the back
Danish pukkelrygget
- pukkelryggethaving a hump on the back
Finnish kyttyräselkäinen, koukkuselkäinen
- kyttyräselkäinenhaving a hump on the back
- koukkuselkäinenhaving a hump on the back
French bossu
- bossuhaving a hump on the back
German bucklig
- bucklighaving a hump on the back
Greek καμπούρης
- καμπούρης (kampoúris)having a hump on the back
Hungarian púpos
- púposhaving a hump on the back
Japanese せむしの
- せむしの (semushi no)having a hump on the back
Latin gibbus, gibber
- gibbushaving a hump on the back
- gibberhaving a hump on the back
Polish garbaty
- garbatyhaving a hump on the back
Portuguese corcunda
- corcundahaving a hump on the back
Russian горба́тый
- горба́тый (gorbátyj)having a hump on the back
Scottish Gaelic crotach
- crotachhaving a hump on the back
Tagalog hukong
- hukonghaving a hump on the back
Turkish kambur
- kamburhaving a hump on the back
Ukrainian горба́тий
- горба́тий (horbátyj)having a hump on the back
Yiddish קאַרפּאַטע
- קאַרפּאַטע (karpate)having a hump on the back
Cite this entry
humpbacked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humpbacked
“humpbacked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humpbacked. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “humpbacked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/humpbacked.
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