bent on

Speech parts

1. bent on - Adjective

2. bent on - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

fixed in your purpose

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

determined bound firm resolved intent decisive bent purposeful resolute set on out to dead set intent on obsessed with committed to

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Antonyms

adaptable irresolute ambivalent acquiescent biddable in two minds

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Examples

But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past? Robert Browning

It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it. W. Somerset Maugham

It saddens me that a historic event like this is being misconstrued by a small but vocal group of critics trying to spread the notion that the UN gathering is really the work of radicals and atheists bent on destroying our families. Hillary Clinton

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner. Lin Yutang

He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion. Publilius Syrus

Trust not your money to one whose eyes are bent on the ground. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

bent hunchback bent lever bent nose bent on a splice bent out of shape bent over