Nouns (5)
set
n. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"
hang, knack
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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