hell-bentadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/, U.S.

/ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., bent adj.

Etymology: < hell n. + bent adj. Compare earlier hellishly bent (see quot. c1580 at hellishly adv.).

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.

Usually in predicative use, with on, upon, or infinitive. Determined to achieve something at all costs; passionately or recklessly intent. Cf. bend v. 19.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]

stallc1275

unflichinga1340

adviseda1393

affirmed1440

constant1481

resolved1518

resolute1522

well-settled?1532

ratified1533

unbashed1536

bent1548

well-resolved1565

unabashed1571

determinate1587

undaunted1587

peremptory1589

confirmed1594

decretal1608

pight1608

intent1610

definitivea1616

unshrinkinga1616

naylessa1618

pitched1642

decisive1658

martyrly1659

certain1667

fell1667

decretory1674

martyrial1678

decretorian1679

invariable1696

unflinching1728

hell-bent1731

decided1767

determined1773

iron-headed1787

adamantine1788

unwincing1802

stick-at-nothing1805

adamant1816

hard-set1818

rock-like1833

bound1844

do-or-die1851

unbased1860

focused1888

capable de tout1899

purposive1903

go-for-broke1946

hard rock1947

take-no-shit1992

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless

recklesseOE

redmodOE

unreckless?c1225

hastivec1300

racklec1300

testyc1374

rabbisha1387

temeraryc1410

temerous1461

rash1509

temerarious1532

hare-brained1548

temerarec1550

hare-brain1566

hot-spurred1573

overrash1577

hotspur1586

madcap1591

wretchless1598

Phaetontic1608

zeal-blind1615

Phaetontal1617

unresponsable1619

Phaetontical1630

phaetonicala1640

Phaetonic1708

hell-bent1731

harum-scarum1751

unresponsible1764

suicidal1768

rumgumptious1781

shy1787

devil-may-care1799

bullheaded1818

devil-may-carish1825

temeritous1892

kamikaze1952

1731 E. Cooke Maryland Muse 1 Ab-origines in Arms..did then resort, In Haste to Susquehanna Fort, Hell bent on Thoughts of Massacree.

1824 Port Folio Mar. 179 A large encampment of savages, hideously painted, and ‘hell-bent’ on carnage.

1856 A. M. Murray Lett. from U.S. 179 All have plenty to do;..and then we are so Hell-bent on Heaven!

1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 21 I know your kind—hell-bent to spend what you cash in.

1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor iii. 32 We'll always have people hell bent on doing what they want to.

1967 Spectator 24 Nov. 633/1 This report has been widely used to sustain the charge that the French government was hell-bent on feeding speculation against the pound.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Oct. f5 Tanner has lived a baseball life of boldness, believing more than any manager in history that hell-bent aggression will crack an opponent's will.

2001 N. Hornby How to be Good vii. 104 Maybe she would have spent her life teaching adult literacy, or working with teenage runaways, if I hadn't been so hellbent on curing her.

B. adv.

In a hell-bent manner; with no effort or resources spared; all out, wholeheartedly, totally; determinedly, doggedly.The line cited in quot. 1863 is said to come from an election song of 1840, but this occurrence has not been traced.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb]

strongeOE

fastOE

stably1297

strengthlya1400

unabasedlyc1425

unfaintlyc1425

four-squarec1430

strengthilyc1485

determinedlyc1540

resolutely1549

determinately1556

martyr-like1579

resolvedly1587

strongly1591

undauntedly1598

heart and soul1620

fairly and squarely1628

bently1645

decisively1653

supportinglya1664

setly1673

decidedly1770

martyrly1819

immitigably1824

staunchly1825

unshrinkingly1826

unflinchingly1833

hell-bent1863

square1867

fair and square1870

full-bloodedly1898

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly

recklesslyeOE

abandonc1330

rabbishlya1387

recklessa1450

savagelyc1450

temerarilyc1450

temerously1461

rashly?1518

temerariously1535

improvisedlya1538

hare-brainedlya1577

rash1591

wretchlessly?16..

over-rashly1609

bayardly1624

to run amok1689

harum-scarum1691

hell-bent1863

1863 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 5/2 The glorious news..had just been echoed back from Maine..that Maine, which he had so much heard of in his youth, and which, as the song ran— ‘— Went, went, went, Hell bent, For Governor Kent.’

1891 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 27 Apr. The state of Texas, or at least its legislature, went hell-bent for the reform of railroads.

1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xxviii. 184 As soon as we lick this aggregation of trouble-hunters, what's left will ride hell~bent for that valley.

1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 123 Their object was to go hell-bent for victory with all the stupendous war-winning momentum which the United States developed.

2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 12 May 6 Listen to Kissin tearing hell-bent through the impossibly fast leaps of Schumann's Paganini portrait.

Phrases

North American colloquial. hell-bent for leather (also election, breakfast): at breakneck speed; rapidly; recklessly; (also occasionally) fast; reckless; zealous, determined. Cf. hell-for-leather at hell n. and int. Phrases 6e, hell for breakfast at hell n. and int. Phrases 6g.

ΚΠ

1899 S. Crane Twelve O'Clock in Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 462 One puncher racin' his cow-pony hell-bent-fer-election down Main Street.

1926 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 12 May 6/4 Bold, reckless dare devils driving hell bent for leather.

1931 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children iii. 104 I was going lickety-split, hell-bent for breakfast, trying to head off a gotch-eared brown stallion.

1967 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 12 July 10/1 Thoroughbred race horses running hell-bent for election.

2001 Standard (St. Catharines, Ont.) (Nexis) 20 Apr. a3 The government is ‘hell bent for election’ on its plan to privatize the electricity market.

2002 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 17 Apr. a2/6 The prosecutor said he doesn't know of any alleged victims from his country. If one comes forward, he said, ‘I would be hell bent for leather’ to prosecute.

2003 News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) (Nexis) 24 Mar. e3 U.S. tanks..racing hell-bent for breakfast across the featureless Iraqi desert.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hell-bent
释义	hell-bentadj.adv. Brit. /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/, U.S. /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hell n., bent adj. Etymology: < hell n. + bent adj. Compare earlier hellishly bent (see quot. c1580 at hellishly adv.). colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. Usually in predicative use, with on, upon, or infinitive. Determined to achieve something at all costs; passionately or recklessly intent. Cf. bend v. 19. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] stallc1275 unflichinga1340 adviseda1393 affirmed1440 constant1481 resolved1518 resolute1522 well-settled?1532 ratified1533 unbashed1536 bent1548 well-resolved1565 unabashed1571 determinate1587 undaunted1587 peremptory1589 confirmed1594 decretal1608 pight1608 intent1610 definitivea1616 unshrinkinga1616 naylessa1618 pitched1642 decisive1658 martyrly1659 certain1667 fell1667 decretory1674 martyrial1678 decretorian1679 invariable1696 unflinching1728 hell-bent1731 decided1767 determined1773 iron-headed1787 adamantine1788 unwincing1802 stick-at-nothing1805 adamant1816 hard-set1818 rock-like1833 bound1844 do-or-die1851 unbased1860 focused1888 capable de tout1899 purposive1903 go-for-broke1946 hard rock1947 take-no-shit1992 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > rash or reckless recklesseOE redmodOE unreckless?c1225 hastivec1300 racklec1300 testyc1374 rabbisha1387 temeraryc1410 temerous1461 rash1509 temerarious1532 hare-brained1548 temerarec1550 hare-brain1566 hot-spurred1573 overrash1577 hotspur1586 madcap1591 wretchless1598 Phaetontic1608 zeal-blind1615 Phaetontal1617 unresponsable1619 Phaetontical1630 phaetonicala1640 Phaetonic1708 hell-bent1731 harum-scarum1751 unresponsible1764 suicidal1768 rumgumptious1781 shy1787 devil-may-care1799 bullheaded1818 devil-may-carish1825 temeritous1892 kamikaze1952 1731 E. Cooke Maryland Muse 1 Ab-origines in Arms..did then resort, In Haste to Susquehanna Fort, Hell bent on Thoughts of Massacree. 1824 Port Folio Mar. 179 A large encampment of savages, hideously painted, and ‘hell-bent’ on carnage. 1856 A. M. Murray Lett. from U.S. 179 All have plenty to do;..and then we are so Hell-bent on Heaven! 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 21 I know your kind—hell-bent to spend what you cash in. 1935 A. Squire Sing Sing Doctor iii. 32 We'll always have people hell bent on doing what they want to. 1967 Spectator 24 Nov. 633/1 This report has been widely used to sustain the charge that the French government was hell-bent on feeding speculation against the pound. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 Oct. f5 Tanner has lived a baseball life of boldness, believing more than any manager in history that hell-bent aggression will crack an opponent's will. 2001 N. Hornby How to be Good vii. 104 Maybe she would have spent her life teaching adult literacy, or working with teenage runaways, if I hadn't been so hellbent on curing her. B. adv. In a hell-bent manner; with no effort or resources spared; all out, wholeheartedly, totally; determinedly, doggedly.The line cited in quot. 1863 is said to come from an election song of 1840, but this occurrence has not been traced. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb] strongeOE fastOE stably1297 strengthlya1400 unabasedlyc1425 unfaintlyc1425 four-squarec1430 strengthilyc1485 determinedlyc1540 resolutely1549 determinately1556 martyr-like1579 resolvedly1587 strongly1591 undauntedly1598 heart and soul1620 fairly and squarely1628 bently1645 decisively1653 supportinglya1664 setly1673 decidedly1770 martyrly1819 immitigably1824 staunchly1825 unshrinkingly1826 unflinchingly1833 hell-bent1863 square1867 fair and square1870 full-bloodedly1898 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly recklesslyeOE abandonc1330 rabbishlya1387 recklessa1450 savagelyc1450 temerarilyc1450 temerously1461 rashly?1518 temerariously1535 improvisedlya1538 hare-brainedlya1577 rash1591 wretchlessly?16.. over-rashly1609 bayardly1624 to run amok1689 harum-scarum1691 hell-bent1863 1863 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 5/2 The glorious news..had just been echoed back from Maine..that Maine, which he had so much heard of in his youth, and which, as the song ran— ‘— Went, went, went, Hell bent, For Governor Kent.’ 1891 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 27 Apr. The state of Texas, or at least its legislature, went hell-bent for the reform of railroads. 1910 C. E. Mulford Hopalong Cassidy xxviii. 184 As soon as we lick this aggregation of trouble-hunters, what's left will ride hell~bent for that valley. 1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 123 Their object was to go hell-bent for victory with all the stupendous war-winning momentum which the United States developed. 2002 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 12 May 6 Listen to Kissin tearing hell-bent through the impossibly fast leaps of Schumann's Paganini portrait. Phrases North American colloquial. hell-bent for leather (also election, breakfast): at breakneck speed; rapidly; recklessly; (also occasionally) fast; reckless; zealous, determined. Cf. hell-for-leather at hell n. and int. Phrases 6e, hell for breakfast at hell n. and int. Phrases 6g. ΚΠ 1899 S. Crane Twelve O'Clock in Pall Mall Mag. Dec. 462 One puncher racin' his cow-pony hell-bent-fer-election down Main Street. 1926 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 12 May 6/4 Bold, reckless dare devils driving hell bent for leather. 1931 J. F. Dobie Coronado's Children iii. 104 I was going lickety-split, hell-bent for breakfast, trying to head off a gotch-eared brown stallion. 1967 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 12 July 10/1 Thoroughbred race horses running hell-bent for election. 2001 Standard (St. Catharines, Ont.) (Nexis) 20 Apr. a3 The government is ‘hell bent for election’ on its plan to privatize the electricity market. 2002 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 17 Apr. a2/6 The prosecutor said he doesn't know of any alleged victims from his country. If one comes forward, he said, ‘I would be hell bent for leather’ to prosecute. 2003 News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) (Nexis) 24 Mar. e3 U.S. tanks..racing hell-bent for breakfast across the featureless Iraqi desert. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1731
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