of an artistic bent

  • 1bent — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ natural ▪ artistic, intellectual, literary, philosophical, political, scientific VERB + BENT …

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  • 2bent — bent1 [ bent ] adjective 1. ) a bent object has a curved or twisted shape: bent railings 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL dishonest: a bent cop 3. ) MAINLY BRITISH an offensive word used to describe a gay person bent on (doing) something very… …

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  • 3bent — 1 the past tense and past participle of bend 1 2 adjective 1 something that is bent is no longer flat or straight: The hinge was bent and the lid wouldn t shut properly. 2 bent on completely determined to do something: He seems bent on success at …

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  • 4bent — I UK [bent] / US adjective 1) a bent object has a curved or twisted shape bent railings 2) British informal dishonest a bent copper (= police officer) 3) British offensive an offensive word used to describe a gay person • bent on (doing)… …

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  • 5bent — 1. adjective the bucket had a bent handle Syn: twisted, crooked, warped, contorted, deformed, misshapen, out of shape, irregular; bowed, arched, curved, angled, hooked, kinked; informal pretzeled 2. noun an artistic bent …

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  • 6bent — 1. adjective 1) Syn: twisted, crooked, warped, contorted, deformed, misshapen, out of shape, bowed, arched, curved, angled, hooked, kinked; N.Amer.; informal pretzeled 2) a mob bent on violence …

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  • 7Bent Lorentzen (composer) — Bent Lorentzen (born February 11 1935 in Stenvad, a village in eastern Jutland) is a Danish composer. Life Bent Lorentzen studied musicology at the university in Aarhus and at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He is a pupil of Knud …

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  • 8bent — I adj. (cannot stand alone) determined bent on (he was bent on getting himself hurt; bent on mischief) II n. propensity 1) to have; show a bent for 2) to follow one s (own) bent 3) an artistic; decided; natural bent * * * [bent] decided natural… …

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  • 9bent — bent1 [bent] the past tense and past participle of ↑bend bent 2 bent2 adj 1.) something that is bent is no longer flat or straight ▪ a bent nail ▪ Stand with your knees slightly bent. ▪ He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain (=with the top… …

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  • 10artistic — adj. Artistic is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑achievement, ↑ambition, ↑aspiration, ↑bent, ↑circle, ↑collaboration, ↑convention, ↑creativity, ↑development, ↑director, ↑ …

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