bent

bent

1 something that is bent is no longer flat or straight:

a bent nail

Stand with your knees slightly bent.

He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain(=with the top part of your body leaning forward towards your legs).a bent old man (=not standing straight)

2

bent on something

 completely determined to do something, especially something bad:

a crowd of hooligans bent on violence

be bent on doing something

They seemed bent on destroying his career.

➔ hell-bent

3 British English informal financially dishonest and willing to use your official position unfairly [≠ honest]:

a bent policeman

4 British English informal not polite an insulting word meaninghomosexual

5

bent out of shape

American English spoken very angry or upset

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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