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dented

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dented

curved inward
  • The dented car fender bore silent testament to an accident that no one in the family was owning up to.
Synonyms of dented

concave, depressed, hollow, indented, recessed, sunken
Words Related to dented

alveolar, cavernous, crescentic, cuplike, cupped, cuppy, recurved

dimpled, pockmarked

compressed, condensed, contracted, diminished, reduced
Near Antonyms of dented

ballooning, bloated, blown up, bulbous, distended, enlarged, expanded, extended, inflated, jutting, projecting, puffed, puffy, risen, swollen

domed, global, globular, round, rounded, spherical
Antonyms of dented

bulging, cambered, convex, protruding, protrusive, protuberant

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