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bent

adjective , chiefly British

Synonyms and Antonyms of bent

given to or marked by cheating and deception

the drug dealer knew which of the cops were bent

Synonyms of bent

crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, shifty, underhand, underhanded

Words Related to bent

unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, false

artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wily

defrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, tricky

insidious, perfidious, treacherous

Near Antonyms of bent

conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, upright

forthright, straightforward

Antonyms of bent

aboveboard, honest, straight

bent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bent

1 a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

the perfect gift for a person of a literary bent

Synonyms of bent

affection, affinity, aptitude, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn

Words Related to bent

favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice

endowment, faculty, flair, gift, knack, talent

addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste

forte, speciality, specialty

convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity

Near Antonyms of bent

allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste

detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity

apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

2 a special and usually inborn ability

having a decided bent for languages, he picked up Italian in no time

Synonyms of bent

aptitude, endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, knack, talent

Words Related to bent

affinity, bias, disposition, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn

ear, eye, mind, nose

feel, hang, instinct, touch, way

capability, competence, facility, proficiency, skill

capacity, potential, power

forte, specialism, speciality, specialty

Near Antonyms of bent

disability, handicap, inability, incapacity

shortcoming, weakness

Synonym Discussion of bent

gift, faculty, aptitude, bent, talent, genius, knack mean a special ability for doing something. gift often implies special favor by God or nature.

- the gift of singing beautifully

faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function.

- a faculty for remembering names

aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it.

- a mechanical aptitude

bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability.

- a family with an artistic bent

talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed.

- has enough talent to succeed

genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability.

- has no great genius for poetry

knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance.

- the knack of getting along

bent

verb , past tense of bend

Synonyms and Antonyms of bent

1 to cause to turn away from a straight line

she bent the blade of the knife when she got it jammed in the drawer

Synonyms of bent

arched, bowed, crooked, curved, hooked, swerved

Words Related to bent

arced, rounded

incurvated, incurved, inflected, reflected

deflected, diverted

entwined, kinked, swirled, turned, twined, twisted, veered, warped

coiled, curled, enrolled, looped, spiraled (or spiralled)

dented, dimpled

meandered, waved, weaved, wound (also winded)

declined, inclined, sloped

Antonyms of bent

straightened, unbent, uncurled

2 to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention

bent herself to the task for the rest of the day

Synonyms of bent

addressed, applied, buckled, devoted, gave

Words Related to bent

readdressed, reapplied

knuckled down, settled (down), set (to)

busied, committed, concerned, engaged, involved

exerted, exhausted, put out, spent, strained, stressed, taxed, troubled, wore out

carried on, pitched in, plunged (in)

ground, humped, hustled, pegged (away), plodded, plowed, plugged (away), worked (or wrought)

Phrases Synonymous with bent

got cracking, got one's act together, got with it, turned one's hand (or turned a hand)

Near Antonyms of bent

dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, fiddled (around), fooled around, idled, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled

3 to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal

bent all of his efforts toward making his first documentary film

Synonyms of bent

aimed, cast, directed, headed, held, leveled (or levelled), pinpointed, set, trained

Words Related to bent

sighted

bore, faced

concentrated, focused (also focussed)

inclined, oriented, steered

Near Antonyms of bent

averted, curved, deflected, detoured, diverted, rechanneled (or rechannelled), shunted, sidetracked

4 to turn away from a straight line or course

the stream bends slightly to the east

Synonyms of bent

arced, arched, bowed, crooked, curved, fell off, hooked, rounded, swept, swerved, trended, wheeled

Words Related to bent

circled, coiled, curled, curlicued, looped, spiraled (or spiralled)

turned, twisted, wound (also winded)

deviated, veered

Antonyms of bent

straightened

5 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

attorneys bending the facts to put their client in the most favorable light

Synonyms of bent

colored, cooked, distorted, falsified, fudged, garbled, misinterpreted, misrelated, misrepresented, misstated, perverted, slanted, twisted, warped

Words Related to bent

misdescribed, misspoke, mistranslated

belied, camouflaged, disguised, dissembled, glossed (over), masked, veiled, whitewashed

bowdlerized, censored

complicated, confounded, confused, mistook, mixed (up)

mystified, obscured

equivocated, fibbed, lied, paltered, prevaricated

Near Antonyms of bent

clarified, cleared (up), explained, illuminated, illustrated, interpreted, spelled out

deciphered

6 to cause (something) to hold to another

bend a leash to the dog's collar

Synonyms of bent

affixed, attached, fastened, fixed

Words Related to bent

adhered, bolted, cinched, clamped, clasped, clenched, clinched, clipped, glued, harnessed, hasped, hung (also hanged), laced, lashed, latched, nailed, pasted, pinned, plastered, riveted, screwed, shackled, stapled, strapped, stuck, tacked, tackled, tied, toggled, yoked

coapted, connected, joined, linked, united

reaffixed, reattached, refastened, refixed, resecured

battened, belayed, buttoned, did up

Near Antonyms of bent

broke up, disconnected, disjoined, disjointed, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, separated, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unlinked, unyoked

loosed, loosened

unbound, unfixed, unlashed, untied

Antonyms of bent

detached, undid, unfastened, unhooked

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