bent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.
Base: bend
Affixes: -t
Inflected forms:
form: benter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more bent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: bentest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most bent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Folded or dented out of its usual shape.
pos: adj
gloss: Corrupt, dishonest.
pos: adj
tags: UK
colloquial
gloss: Homosexual.
pos: adj
tags: UK
colloquial
derogatory
examples: Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]”
gloss: Determined or insistent; inclined, set.
pos: adj
tags: with-on
examples: He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
They were bent on mischief.
[…]in the ape posse, bent on vengeance, traversing landscapes clothed in snow and bristling with California red fir and silver pine, spooking human stragglers, and running across fresh graves as they search for the nameless colonel and try to piece together why the humans are killing each other.
gloss: Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: butthurt
She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back.
gloss: leading a life of crime.
pos: adj
gloss: Inaccurately aimed.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
gloss: Suffering from the bends.
pos: adj
tags: US
colloquial
gloss: High from both marijuana and alcohol.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: Man, I am so bent right now!
gloss: An inclination or talent.
pos: noun
examples: He had a natural bent for painting.
the top of one's bent
They fool me to the top of my bent.
“The Kingdom of the Wicked” is not Mr. Burgess at the top of his bent. It is not schlock.
gloss: A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
pos: noun
examples: His mind was of a technical bent.
gloss: The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
pos: noun
examples: the bent of a bow
the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents
gloss: A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
pos: noun
examples: Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent
gloss: Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
pos: noun
examples: bents and turns of the matter
gloss: A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
pos: noun
gloss: A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
pos: noun
gloss: Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
pos: noun
examples: the full bent and stress of the soul
Synonyms: predilection
proclivity
propensity
Derived words: bent as a butcher's hook
bent as a nine-bob note
bent as a two bob
bentbill
bent car
bent copper
bent edge
bent fork
bent function
bent grass
Bentley
bentness
bent on
bent on a splice
bent-side
Bent Spear
bentwood
bowbent
downbent
get bent
get bent out of shape
hellbent
hyperbent
inbent
nick-bent
prebent
semibent
time-bent
at the top of one's bent
to the top of one's bent
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