Cripple and Hunchback

Cripple

Cripple noun - Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back.

Hunchback and cripple are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Hunchback" with "Cripple", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: crippled, crippling

Hunchback

Hunchback noun - A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
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Synonyms for Hunchback

Cripple and hunchback are semantically related. You can use "Cripple" instead a noun "Hunchback".

Nearby Words: hunch, hunchbacked, hunched

Both words in one sentence

  • Informed Deformity In The Secret Garden, Archibald is supposedly a cripple and a hunchback, and it's referenced quite a few times, but it can be hard to see his deformity.
  • Film / Victor Frankenstein Victor fixes the hunchback's deformity so that Igor is no longer a cripple, Victor gives Igor fashionable clothing which is very similar (if a little less ostentatious) to his own, and encourages Igor's scientific talent by having him work as his lab assistant.
  • Theatre / Richard III Evil Cripple: Richard was born prematurely, with a gnarled spine and hunchback which makes him unappealing.
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