Answer to "Dead set (on)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BENT , but the solution may also be WED TO which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).

Dead set (on) crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BENT	33 %	4
HELLBENT	33 %	8
WED TO	33 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dead set (on)

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• adamant
• determined
• bent
• anti
• cemetery
• det
• sepulcher
• sepulchre
• sets
• abort
• act
• brass

Crossword Answer definitions

BENT verb

1. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
2. To become curved.
3. To cause to change direction.
4. To change direction.
5. To be inclined; to direct itself.
6. (usually with "down") To stoop.
7. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8. To force to submit.
9. To submit.
10. To apply to a task or purpose.
11. To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
12. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13. To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
14. To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
15. To swing the body when rowing.

BENT noun

1. An inclination or talent.
2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
6. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

BENT adjective

1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
2. Corrupt, dishonest
3. Homosexual.
4. Determined or insistent.
5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
6. Inaccurately aimed
7. Suffering from the bends
8. High from both marijuana and alcohol.

BENT noun

1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
2. A grassy area, grassland.
3. The old dried stalks of grasses.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result BENT

• Askew
• Bowed
• Inclination
• Propensity
• Cast of mind
• Akimbo
• Hunched
• Predisposition
• Crooked
• Out of alignment

More clues leading to the result HELLBENT

• Stubbornly determined
• Recklessly determined
• Maniacally determined
• Recklessly resolved
• Overdetermined
• Determined
• Reckless
• Dead set on
• More than intent
• Completely committed

More clues leading to the result WED TO

• Joined with
• Dead set on
• United with