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Nouns (5)

n. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"

n. 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"

bentgrass, bent grass

n. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens

Verbs (0)

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (5)

bent

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

crumpled, dented

adj. of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

bowed, inclined

adj. used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"

Fuzzynyms (50)

prejudice, bias

n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

taste, preference, predilection, penchant

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

preference, predilection

n. a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"

capacity, mental ability

n. the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior

faculty, mental faculty

n. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

potency, potentiality, potential

n. the inherent capacity for coming into being

taste, preference, predilection, penchant

n. a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

forte, strength, strong point

n. a skill at which you excel

art, artistry, prowess, superior skill

n. the superior ability that is attained by study and practice and observation; "he had mastered the art of a great craftsman"

craft, craftsmanship, workmanship

n. skill in an occupation or trade

expertise, expertness

n. skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

expertise, proficiency

n. the quality of having great facility and competence

brilliance, genius

n. unusual mental ability

genius, wizardry

n. exceptional creative ability

control, mastery, command

n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

technique

n. a practical method or art applied to some particular task

virtuosity

n. technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

instinct, inherent aptitude

n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

power, ability

n. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

sentience, sense, sentiency, sensory faculty

n. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

Synonyms (101)

akimbo

adj. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"

anfractuous

adj. full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"

hooked, aquiline

adj. curved down like an eagle's beak

awry, wonky, askew, cockeyed, lopsided

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

bending, deflective, refractive

adj. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

distorted, twisted, contorted

adj. strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"

knotted, knotty, gnarled, gnarly

adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

malposed

adj. characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth"

squiggly

adj. wavy and twisting

winding, twisting, tortuous, twisty

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

warped

adj. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

windblown

adj. used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

wry

adj. bent to one side; "a wry neck"

zigzag

adj. having short sharp turns or angles

battered, bedraggled, beat-up, beaten-up, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound

adj. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

rent, blasted, ripped, torn

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

broken-backed

adj. having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"

burned-out, burnt-out, burned out, burnt out

adj. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire: "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"; "a burned-out picture tube"

burst, ruptured

adj. suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"

corroded

adj. eaten away as by acid or oxidation

cracked, crackled, crazed

adj. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

marred, defaced

adj. having the surface damaged or disfigured

hurt, weakened

adj. damaged inanimate objects or their value

knocked out, knocked-out

adj. damaged; "the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny"

mangled, mutilated

adj. (of compositions e.g.) damaged; "a mutilated text"

peeling

adj. having the paint loose and peeling away; "a dilapidated house with peeling paint"; "peeling row houses"

scraped, scratched

adj. having surface damage

storm-beaten

adj. damaged by storm

reclining, accumbent, decumbent, recumbent, lying down

adj. lying down; in a position of comfort or rest

nodding, cernuous, drooping, pendulous

adj. having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

couchant

adj. lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

huddled, crouched, crouching, hunkered, hunkered down

adj. squatting close to the ground; "poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind"; "he stayed in the ditch hunkered down"

sleeping, dormant

adj. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

flat, prostrate

adj. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

hunched, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked

adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman"

kneeling

adj. (unerect)

leaning

adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

lolling, lounging

adj. lying in a relaxed manner

prostrate, prone

adj. lying face downward

slouched, slouching, slumped

adj. with shoulders drooping

supine, resupine

adj. lying face upward

Antonyms (1)

straight

adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"

bent

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