"bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders" fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire
A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things. this bent accountant
a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens of metal e
If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs. economists of a socialist bent. = persuasion