Antonyms for bent
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1. bent

   Antonyms:
   indisposition, aversion

   Synonyms:
   inclination, angle, direction, bias, determination, disposition, intention, prepossession, propensity, predilection, turn, leaning

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1. • Grass
   • Grassland
   • Inclination

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1. bent, setnoun

   a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

   "the set of his mind was obvious"

   Antonyms:
   irresolute, undamaged, upright, erect, vertical

   Synonyms:
   curing, hang, set, band, stage set, bent grass, solidification, readiness, solidifying, hardening, exercise set, lot, circle, knack, bent-grass

2. bent, bent grass, bent-grassnoun

   grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens

   Antonyms:
   undamaged, vertical, erect, upright, irresolute

   Synonyms:
   set, hang, bent-grass, knack, bent grass

3. bentnoun

   an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges

   Antonyms:
   upright, irresolute, vertical, erect, undamaged

   Synonyms:
   set, hang, bent-grass, knack, bent grass

4. bent, knack, hangadjective

   a special way of doing something

   "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"

   Antonyms:
   erect, vertical, undamaged, upright, irresolute

   Synonyms:
   set, hang, bent-grass, knack, bent grass

5. bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)adjective

   fixed in your purpose

   "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"

   Antonyms:
   erect, upright, vertical, irresolute, undamaged

6. bended, bentadjective

   used of the back and knees; stooped

   "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"

   Antonyms:
   irresolute, vertical, undamaged, upright, erect

   Synonyms:
   out to(p), bended, crumpled, dead set(p), dented, bent on(p)

7. bent, crumpled, dentedadjective

   of metal e.g.

   "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

   Antonyms:
   undamaged, erect, vertical, upright, irresolute

   Synonyms:
   out to(p), bended, crumpled, dead set(p), dented, bent on(p)

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1. bentadjective

   Synonyms:
   crooked, flexed, hooked, determined

2. bentnoun

   Synonyms:
   leaning, bias, proclivity, tendency, predilection, predisposition

How to use bent in a sentence?

1. Edward Alsworth Ross:

   During the last dozen years the tales of suppression of free assemblage, free press, and free speech, by local authorities or the State operating under martial law have been so numerous as to have become an old story. They are attacked at the instigation of an economically and socially powerful class, itself enjoying to the full the advantages of free communications, but bent on denying them to the class it holds within its power...

2. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   The future we worry about every single day is how do we spot and stop them as they flow out, bent on continuing the global jihad by taking the fight to innocent people?

3. Derrick Johnson:

   Bob Moses was a giant, a strategist at the core of the civil rights movement, through Bob Moses life's work, Bob Moses bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice, making our world a better place. Bob Moses fought for our right to vote, our most sacred right.

4. Jamie Raskin:

   Today we’re looking at Section 4, which we are asking the Vice President to invoke by activating and mobilizing the Cabinet to declare what is patently obvious to a horrified and anxious nation : the President is not even minimally discharging the basic duties of his office, i do n’t think there is a reasonable person in the country with his or her eyes open who does n’t understand that the President was hell-bent on trying to challenge, undermine, and overturn the result of the election in all of the events leading up to January 6th, and on January 6th.

5. Richard Painter:

   He bent over backwards to get things done – he was a strong supporter of our ethics program.

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