bent
(Medical)
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- curved, angled, arched, bowed, crooked, hunched, stooped, twisted
- bent on: determined to, disposed to, fixed on, inclined to, insistent on, predisposed to, resolved on, set on
[noun]
Synonyms:
- inclination, ability, aptitude, leaning, penchant, preference, propensity, tendency

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Contrasted words: antipathy, aversion, inability, incapacity

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English Thesaurus: bent, twisted, curved, warped, crooked, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bent¹ /bent/
the past tense and past participle of bend

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. bent² adjective

1. no longer straight:
a bent nail
Stand with your knees slightly bent.
He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain (=with the top part of your body leaning forward towards your legs).
a bent old man (=not standing straight)

2. bent on something completely determined to do something, especially something bad:
a crowd of hooligans bent on violence
be bent on doing something
They seemed bent on destroying his career. ⇒ hell-bent

3. British English informal financially dishonest and willing to use your official position unfairly Antonym : honest:
a bent policeman

4. British English informal not polite an insulting word meaning homosexual

5. bent out of shape American English spoken very angry or upset

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

III. bent³ noun [singular]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: bent 'curve' (16-19 centuries), from ⇒ bend¹]
formal special natural skill or interest in a particular area
musical/artistic/literary etc bent
readers of a more literary bent

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bent
adj.
VERBS be, look | become, get The lamp post got bent in the crash.
ADV. slightly He stood with knees slightly bent.
PHRASES bent double The man shuffled back a few paces, bent almost double.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bent
noun
ADJ. natural | artistic, intellectual, literary, philosophical, scientific
VERB + BENT have She has an artistic bent.
show He showed a literary bent from a young age.
PREP. with ~ a child with a scientific bent
~ for a natural bent for languages

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bent no longer straight:
The knife was bent in the middle.
a bent nail
She kept her head bent so that Josie couldn't see her face.
twisted having a bent shape that turns around - used especially when something has been damaged or is old and has lost its natural straight shape:
a twisted tree trunk
All that was left was a pile of twisted metal.
His knee was all twisted.
a twisted ankle
curved bent in the shape of part of a circle, especially naturally or because something has been made that way:
The bird has a long curved bill.
a curved dagger
The plane's wings are curved.
warped bent or twisted into the wrong shape because of heat or dryness:
warped floorboards
The windows are warped and won't open anymore.
crooked not straight, but bending sharply in one or more places, especially in a way that looks different from normal or does not look right - often used about a part of someone's body, a path, or a picture:
He had crooked teeth.
her crooked nose and long thin face
The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine.
The picture looks crooked - can you move it up on the left?
a crooked path
the narrow crooked streets of the financial district
wavy having smooth bends in it, usually in a regular pattern – used about hair or lines:
her brown wavy hair
The pictures were separated by a thin wavy line.

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