ROUND-SHOULDERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does round-shouldered mean? 

• ROUND-SHOULDERED (adjective)
  The adjective ROUND-SHOULDERED has 1 sense:

1. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

  Familiarity information: ROUND-SHOULDERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUND-SHOULDERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

Synonyms:

crooked; hunched; round-backed; round-shouldered; stooped; stooping

Context example:

a little oldish misshapen stooping woman

Similar:

unerect (not upright in position or posture)

 Context examples 

He was, now, a huge, strong fellow of six feet high, broad in proportion, and round-shouldered; but with a simpering boy's face and curly light hair that gave him quite a sheepish look.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)