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View synonyms for self-confessed

self-confessed

[ self-kuhn-fest, self- ]

adjective

  1. openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.:

    He's a self-confessed gambler.



self-confessed

adjective

  1. according to one's own testimony or admission

    a self-confessed liar

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-confessed1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

The self-confessed killer of Peruvian college student Stephany Flores was convicted of aggravated homicide and petty theft.

Series lead James Roday, a self-confessed “ Twin Peaks geek,” penned the episode with Bill Callahan.

I don't understand you, Matt, saying your father's part is more odious than a self-confessed defaulter's.

"I don't mean rebels precisely, at least not self-confessed rebels," replied Belfort.

To lay all his faults on the table, we may begin with his self-confessed limitation, that "he never went down town."

Yet under the burning appeal of her eyes they flushed as though they had been self-confessed malingerers.

And now he stood before her for the second time a self-confessed thief.

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