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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hellbent

also hell-bent, 1835, U.S., originally slang, from hell + bent (1).

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hellbent

a. recklessly determined to do or achieve something

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Hellbent (2004 film)

Hellbent is a 2004 slasher film and gay male horror film written and directed by Paul Etheredge-Ouzts. It is reportedly the first gay slasher film. Hellbent played the gay and lesbian film festival circuit throughout 2004 and 2005 before a limited theatrical release in September 2005.

Hellbent (novel)

HellBent is a book by Anthony McGowan, published in 2005. It tells the story of Connor O'Neil and his dog, who are killed by an ice cream truck and sent to hell. It was received very well, despite being called "Down-right disgusting just for the sake of it".

Hellbent

Hellbent is a word meaning recklessly determined or stubborn.

Hellbent may also refer to:

  • Hellbent (1988 film), a film directed by Richard Casey
  • Hellbent (2004 film)
  • Hellbent (novel), by Anthony McGowan
  • Hell Bent, a 1918 silent Western film
  • "Hell Bent" (Doctor Who), an episode of the ninth series of Doctor Who

Usage examples of "hellbent".

His manner was officious, his expression suggesting he was hellbent on thwarting me.

Gladstone with his assorted bottles and gamy socks in one of his half sober moments hellbent on reading me the letter of the law, U.

Fifty yards from the end of the trail I hear a pounding driving hellbent noise.

Denis see it, and Denis had some major adjustments to the world-as-it-was yet to make, some edges yet to be worn off his hellbent sense of right and proper.

And so hellbent is he to build London up into the greatest city in the world that he drives us to the ditch with his tax collectors!

If the Valo-rians are hellbent on conquest, they can advance their cause best by sowing confusion, by knocking off authority wherever they find it.

The man was positively outrageous, hellbent on seduction with a single-mindedness that made her fear for her resolve.

If I say nothing-or if you keep jamming and I'm not allowed to say anything-those boys come in hellbent for blood and with itchy trigger fingers on real Sidewinders.