The muscles of his back and shoulders seemed to be hunched in a continual nervous contraction, as if he were expecting every moment to find himself in the clutch of an enemy.
Hunch: It has two main meanings:
1. To bend, for example, the shoulders.
An unbearably henpecked husband
Henpeck: To dominate or harass (one's husband) with persistent complaining. It refers specfically to the wife that dominates and torments his husband.
A more formidable persecutor than a termagant wife
Termagant: It is synonym of tormenting or annoying, a henpecked husband has a termagant wife.
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