Synonyms of hunched

hunched

verb

past tense of hunch

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body

he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crouched
• huddled
• squatted
• scrunched
• couched
• hunkered (down)
• curled up
• squinched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hunched

Kids hunched close to the stage, enraptured, while adults checked their phones on the sidelines. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Acts of kindness are few and far between in the punishing Myanmar textile factory where young San Kyi (Nandar Myat Aung) makes a meager living, hunched over a sewing machine. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026

Once again, Walker Kessler sat hunched forward, ears and eyes intently locked onto the person whose words would change his life. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

The performance seemed designed to suggest that, away from the cameras, the Russian leader spends his time hunched over maps of the battlefield. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Head down, shoulders hunched, and fingers flying on a keypad with the intensity of an individual suffering from an addiction. — Michael Gerling, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Deep passion for chess Russia has a deep and proud chess tradition, and amateurs can be seen hunched over boards on pavements and in parks at virtually all times of the year. — CNN Money, 12 June 2026

Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert that can’t be ignored. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026