Synonyms of hell-bent

hell-bent

adjective

as in intent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intent
• dedicated
• resolute
• determined
• insistent
• sure
• adamant
• single-minded
• tenacious
• persistent
• positive
• resolved
• certain
• implacable
• wilful
• stubborn
• assured
• dogged
• unyielding
• obstinate
• perverse
• pertinacious
• obdurate
• headstrong
• mulish
• firm
• patient
• hardheaded
• willful
• hardened
• peevish
• bullheaded
• persevering
• opinionated
• resistant
• pigheaded
• unfaltering
• wayward
• unregenerate
• steadfast
• devoted
• staunch
• unhesitating
• constant
• loyal
• unwavering
• relentless
• wrongheaded
• faithful
• stanch
• stiff-necked
• self-willed
• indurate
• steady
• unrelenting
• indomitable
• unbending
• true
• unconquerable
• stern
• inflexible
• unflinching
• hard
• good

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• surrendering
• yielding
• quitting
• hesitant
• faltering
• treacherous
• irresolute
• traitorous
• fickle
• disloyal
• faithless
• wavering
• perfidious
• hesitating
• false
• vacillating
• inconstant

Examples of hell-bent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Andra Day gives one of the year's best genre performances as Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother raising two kids in a house hell-bent on taking their souls. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024

Breathtakingly gory and hell-bent on a very particular type of early-aughts destruction, Final Destination 2 is a slasher movie crossed with something approaching a supernatural action film. —Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2024

Mack was hell-bent on pursuing music, scribbling down his thoughts and rhymes in a composition notebook and teaching himself to play the drums. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024

Advertisement Much to unpack here, but my first thought: Is everyone with the last name DeSantis hell-bent on stripping people of their personal rights? —Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024