See hell-bent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"t2": "determined, insistent"
},
"expansion": "hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more hell-bent",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most hell-bent",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hell-bent (comparative more hell-bent, superlative most hell-bent)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly."
],
"links": [
[
"recklessly",
"recklessly"
],
[
"determined",
"determined#Adjective"
],
[
"manner",
"manner"
],
[
"determinedly",
"determinedly"
],
[
"wholeheartedly",
"wholeheartedly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally US, informal) In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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}
],
"word": "hell-bent"
}
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