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Bent
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Bent
/bent/
Something that is curved or not straight.
Synonyms:
curved
twisted
deformed
Antonyms:
straight
upright
Examples:
A
bent
, grey-coloured thing was walking towards him in the mirror.
'Heads
bent
, right?'
Silas's hair was white now and his shoulders were
bent
.
Etymology:
From Middle English bent, bente, from Old English bent, from Proto-Germanic *bandu (“bent grass”), related to bend.
Usage Statistics:
48 mentions per 1 million words
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