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Comparative for sharply curved or having an angle
“Wires and bent iron rods that once reinforced the concrete dangle from the ceiling.”
Comparative for drooping or stooping downwards
“A few stunted and bent willows line the lake.”
Comparative for distorted, deformed or misshapen
“At the hospital, she was advised on the techniques to avoid bending, stretching and lifting with a bent back.”
Comparative for corrupt or dishonest in nature
“They were shaken down by bent cops, leaned on by mobsters, and harried by the FBI.”
Comparative for having a determination or insistence on doing something
“He was bent on being an artist, even after his application for entrance into the Vienna Academy had been rejected.”
Comparative for twisting or slanting to one side
Comparative for contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law
Comparative for having sharp turns in alternating directions
Comparative for sexually attracted to people of one's own sex
Comparative for feeling upset, annoyed or angry
Comparative for roughly spherical in shape
Comparative for being bent, creased, or crumpled in shape
Comparative for odd or peculiar in manner or character
Comparative for likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable
Comparative for full of knots, knotty
Comparative for having been worked or prepared
Comparative for knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
Comparative for flawed, broken, or sustaining some form of damage
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