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bentadjective chiefly Britishgiven to or marked by cheating and deceptionthe drug dealer knew which of the cops were bent crooked, deceptive, dishonest, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, shifty, underhand, underhanded unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulousdeceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, falseartful, beguiling, cagey(also cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wilydefrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, trickyinsidious, perfidious, treacherous aboveboard, honest, straight conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, uprightforthright, straightforward a habitual attraction to some activity or thingthe perfect gift for a person of a literary bent affection, affinity, aptitude, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudiceendowment, faculty, flair, gift, knack, talentaddiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, tasteforte, speciality, specialtyconvention, custom, habit, pattern, practice(also practise), routine, trick, way, wonteccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distastedetachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivityapathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern a special and usually inborn abilityhaving a decided bent for languages, he picked up Italian in no time aptitude, endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, knack, talent affinity, bias, disposition, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turnear, eye, mind, nosefeel, hang, instinct, touch, waycapability, competence, facility, proficiency, skillcapacity, potential, powerforte, specialism, speciality, specialty disability, handicap, inability, incapacityshortcoming, weakness to cause to turn away from a straight lineshe bent the blade of the knife when she got it jammed in the drawer arched, bowed, crooked, curved, hooked, swerved arced, roundedincurvated, incurved, inflected, reflecteddeflected, divertedentwined, kinked, swirled, turned, twined, twisted, veered, warpedcoiled, curled, enrolled, looped, spiraled(or spiralled)dented, dimpledmeandered, waved, weaved, wound(also winded)declined, inclined, sloped straightened, unbent, uncurled to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attentionbent herself to the task for the rest of the day addressed, applied, buckled, devoted, gave readdressed, reappliedknuckled down, settled (down), set (to)busied, committed, concerned, engaged, involvedexerted, exhausted, put out, spent, strained, stressed, taxed, troubled, wore outcarried on, pitched in, plunged (in)ground, humped, hustled, pegged (away), plodded, plowed, plugged (away), worked(or wrought) got cracking, got one's act together, got with it, turned one's hand(or turned a hand) dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, fiddled (around), fooled around, idled, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled to point or turn (something) toward a target or goalbent all of his efforts toward making his first documentary film aimed, cast, directed, headed, held, leveled(or levelled), pinpointed, set, trained sightedbore, facedconcentrated, focused(also focussed)inclined, oriented, steered averted, curved, deflected, detoured, diverted, rechanneled(or rechannelled), shunted, sidetracked to turn away from a straight line or coursethe stream bends slightly to the east arced, arched, bowed, crooked, curved, fell off, hooked, rounded, swept, swerved, trended, wheeled circled, coiled, curled, curlicued, looped, spiraled(or spiralled)turned, twisted, wound(also winded)deviated, veered straightened to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning ofattorneys bending the facts to put their client in the most favorable light colored, cooked, distorted, falsified, fudged, garbled, misinterpreted, misrelated, misrepresented, misstated, perverted, slanted, twisted, warped misdescribed, misspoke, mistranslatedbelied, camouflaged, disguised, dissembled, glossed (over), masked, veiled, whitewashedbowdlerized, censoredcomplicated, confounded, confused, mistook, mixed (up)mystified, obscuredequivocated, fibbed, lied, paltered, prevaricated clarified, cleared (up), explained, illuminated, illustrated, interpreted, spelled outdeciphered to cause (something) to hold to anotherbend a leash to the dog's collar affixed, attached, fastened, fixed adhered, bolted, cinched, clamped, clasped, clenched, clinched, clipped, glued, harnessed, hasped, hung(also hanged), laced, lashed, latched, nailed, pasted, pinned, plastered, riveted, screwed, shackled, stapled, strapped, stuck, tacked, tackled, tied, toggled, yokedcoapted, connected, joined, linked, unitedreaffixed, reattached, refastened, refixed, resecuredbattened, belayed, buttoned, did up detached, undid, unfastened, unhooked broke up, disconnected, disjoined, disjointed, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, separated, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unlinked, unyokedloosed, loosenedunbound, unfixed, unlashed, untied n.gift, faculty, aptitude, bent, talent, genius, knack mean a special ability for doing something.gift often implies special favor by God or nature.the gift of singing beautifully faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function.a faculty for remembering names aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it.a mechanical aptitude bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability.a family with an artistic bent talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed.has enough talent to succeed genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability.has no great genius for poetry knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance.the knack of getting along in the 14th century |