bent1 Syllabification: (bent)Pronunciation: /bent/Translate bent | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of bent past and past participle of bend1. adjective 1sharply curved or having an angle:a piece of bent wire his bent shoulders 2 informal, chiefly British dishonest; corrupt:a bent cop stolen. derogatory homosexual. 3 (bent on) determined to do or have something:a missionary bent on saving souls a mob bent on violence noun a natural talent or inclination:a man of religious bent she had no natural bent for literaturePhrases bent out of shape informal angry or agitated:it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape aboutbent in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of bent in the British & World English dictionary
