bent
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Is bent a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.Synonyms: crooked
2. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.Synonyms: crookedUKcolloquial
3. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.Examples: "Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]”"Synonyms: queer, homophile, homosexual, like that, queer, similisexual, that wayUKcolloquialderogatory
4. (with on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.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."Synonyms: hell-bentwith-on
5. (with about) Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.Examples: "Near-synonym: butthurt"; "She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back."
6. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
noun (English)
1. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
2. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
Definition source: Wiktionary