Synonyms for hell-bent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hel-bent |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛlˌbɛnt |
Top 10 synonyms for hell-bent Other synonyms for the word hell-bent
Définition of hell-bent
Origin :- also hell-bent, 1835, U.S., originally slang, from hell + bent (1).
- adj set on
- After that she was sure I was a lost soul and hell-bent for certain.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- He's hell-bent on takin' Dinsmore to prison so as to make a big name for himself.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Let a man be hell-bent or heaven-bent, somewhere in his track is a woman's feet.
- Extract from : « Jeff Briggs's Love Story » by Bret Harte
- "I'll make it three, seein' ye're so hell-bent on a trade," he called.
- Extract from : « The Promise » by James B. Hendryx
- But he was hard-mouthed, and stiff-necked and hell-bent on having his own way about things.
- Extract from : « I Married a Ranger » by Dama Margaret Smith
- Give her the larnin' she's so hell-bent on, stuff her plumb full on it.
- Extract from : « Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories » by Alice Hegan Rice
- The country, it seemed, was hell-bent for war; and Jimmie Higgins was hell-bent for martyrdom.
- Extract from : « Jimmie Higgins » by Upton Sinclair
- Hearing of the adventure, and that I was taking a land-slide to perdition and was hell-bent, friends called to warn and save me.
- Extract from : « Edgar Saltus: The Man » by Marie Saltus
- Jim, are you just hell-bent on fighting or do you mean to make yourself the champion of every poor girl in these wilds?
- Extract from : « The Border Legion » by Zane Grey
- If you fellers are hell-bent on smokin' each other up, they's all kinds uh room outdoors.
- Extract from : « Rowdy of the Cross L » by B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower
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