bent

1. 1.

   fixed in your purpose

   “bent on going to the theater”

   “dead set against intervening”

   “out to win every event”

   Synonymsbent ondead setout to

   Similarresolute
2. 2.

   used of the back and knees; stooped

   “on bended knee”

   “with bent (or bended) back”

   Synonymsbended

   Similarunerect
3. 3.

   of metal e.g.

   “bent nails”

   “a car with a crumpled front end”

   “dented fenders”

   Synonymscrumpleddented

   Similardamaged

Other forms of bent

plural

bents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bent

What does bent mean?

bent means "a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bent?

bent has 1 syllable: bent. In IPA it is /ˈbɛnt/.

What is another word for bent?

Close synonyms include set, bent grass, bent-grass, knack, hang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bent a common word?

bent is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.