hunched

hunch  (hnch)

n.

1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.

2. A hump.

3. A lump or chunk: "She . . . cut herself another hunch of bread" (Virginia Woolf).

4. A push or shove.

v. hunched, hunch·ing, hunch·es

v.tr.

1. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.

2. To push or shove.

v.intr.

1. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.

2. To thrust oneself forward.

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[Origin unknown.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hunched - having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked unerect - not upright in position or posture

Translations

hunched [ˈhʌntʃt] adj [figure, person] → recroquevillé(e); [shoulders, back] → voûté(e)
He sat hunched in a corner → Il était assis recroquevillé dans un coin.
to sit hunched over sth → être penché(e) sur qch, être courbé(e) sur qch

hunched [ˈhʌntʃt] adj → incurvato/a