downbent
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[edit]downbent (comparative more downbent, superlative most downbent)
- Bent downward.
- 1924, G. M. Cookson, Prometheus Bound:
- Beforetime of all Gods one have I seen in pain, / One only Titan bound with adamantine chain, / Atlas in strength supreme, who groaning stoops, downbent / Under the burthen of the earth and heaven's broad firmament.