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| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curved |
| Synonyms: | arched, bowed, crooked, drooping, droopy, hooked, inclined, limp, round, rounded, sinuous, stooped, twisted, angled, arced, arciform, contorted, curvilinear, doubled over, humped, hunched, looped, slouchy, slumped, twined, warped, wilted |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined |
| Synonyms: | bound, decided, decisive, dedicated, disposed, firm, fixed, inclined, insistent, intent, leaning, predisposed, resolute, set, settled, tending, resolved |
| Antonyms: | uncaring, undecided |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bow, buckle, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag, angle away, angle off, camber, incurvate |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade; influence |
| Synonyms: | compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield, change mind |
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, enslavement, fixation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, kick*, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*, dependence, jones, monkey on back |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | askew |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked |
| Synonyms: | askance, awry, bent, cockeyed*, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, twisted, zigzag*, askant, aslant, buckled, catawampus, crookedly, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned, yaw ways |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off course; amiss |
| Synonyms: | afield, askance, askew, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, wrong, zigzag, aslant, turned |
| Antonyms: | ok, on course |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
| Synonyms: | bent, certain, doomed, driven, fated, firm, forced, indentured, intent, made, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, urged, apprenticed, articled, bounden, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, having no alternative, impelled, necessitated, under compulsion, under necessity |
| Antonyms: | free, permitted, unrestricted, allowed, unbounded, unobliged |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue, differentia, lineament, particularity, singularity, thumbprint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rounded, curving outward |
| Synonyms: | arched, bent, bulging, raised, biconvex, bulged, bulgy, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant |
| Antonyms: | concave, depressed, sinking |
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake, simulated |
| Synonyms: | Hollywood, affected, assumed, bent, bogus*, brummagem, copied, crock, deceptive, delusive, delusory, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, fishy*, forged, framed, fraudulent, imitation, misleading, mock, not genuine, not kosher, phony*, pirate, plant*, pretended, pretentious, pseudo, put-on, queer, sham, snide, soft shell, spurious, suppositious, two-faced*, won't fly, wrong |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
| Synonyms: | bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up*, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, off base*, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun*, unlawful, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat*, wrong, indictable, out of line, unrighteous |
| Antonyms: | correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | bent, down, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, injured, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, run-down, shot, spoiled, unsound, beat-up, blemished, busted, dinged, flawed, flubbed, fouled up, glitched, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens, loused up, marred, messed up, mucked up, no go, out of action, out of kilter, out of whack, screwed up, snafued, sunk, totaled |
| Antonyms: | fixed, mended, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, definitive, determined, fateful, final, firm, flat out*, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, influential, intent, litmus test*, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, set, settled, significant, trenchant, all out, resolved, straight out, strong-minded |
| Antonyms: | indecisive, indefinite, procrastinating, unpositive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disfigured, distorted |
| Synonyms: | askew, awry, bent, bowed, cramped, crippled, crooked, curved, damaged, disjointed, gnarled, grotesque, irregular, knotted, maimed, malformed, misshapen, twisted, ugly, blemished, buckled, contorted, humpbacked, hunchbacked, ill-made, mangled, marred, misproportioned, out of shape, scarred, warped |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, graceful, improved, shapely, symmetrical, beautified |
| Main Entry: | determined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
| Synonyms: | bent, bent on, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, intent, mean business*, obstinate, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, serious, set, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unwavering, buckled down, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, on ice, resolved, set on, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deviant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abnormal, different |
| Synonyms: | aberrant, anomalous, atypical, bent, devious, divergent, heretical, irregular, kinky, off-key, perverse, perverted, preternatural, queer, twisted, unorthodox, untypical, variant, varying, wandering, wayward, weird, freaky, heteroclite, unrepresentative |
| Antonyms: | normal, regular, standard, usual |
| Main Entry: | dishonest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lying, untruthful |
| Synonyms: | backbiting*, bent, cheating, corrupt, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, designing, disreputable, double-dealing, elusive, false, fraudulent, mendacious, misleading, perfidious, recreant, shady, shifty, sinister, slippery*, sneaky, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing, unctuous, underhanded, unfair, unprincipled, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, villainous, wily, bluffing, deceiving, double-crossing, guileful, hoodwinking, sneaking, swindling |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, ethical, fair, frank, honest, moral, open, scrupulous, trustworthy, truthful, principled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | droopy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limp |
| Synonyms: | bent, drooping, flabby, floppy, languid, pendulous, stooped, languorous, lassitudinous, sagging, saggy, slouchy, wilting |
| Antonyms: | full, inflated, raised |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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