Meaning of bent In English

• 0 past simple and past participle of bend

• 1 curved and not straight or flat:

  • The metal bars were bent and twisted.

• 2 (especially of a person in a position of authority) dishonest:

  • a bent copper

• 3 an offensive word to describe a person who is gay. This is used especially about men.

• 4 a natural skill:

  • She has a scientific bent/a bent for science.

• 5 past simple and past participle of bend

• 6 a natural tendency:

  • the philosophical bent of his mind

• 7 dishonest:

  • a bent lawyer/accountant/policeman