SELF-CONFESSED

Meaning of SELF-CONFESSED in English

If you describe someone as a self-confessed murderer or a self-confessed romantic, for example, you mean that they admit openly that they are a murderer or a romantic.

The self-confessed drug addict was arrested 13 months ago...

ADJ : ADJ n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

SELF-CONFESSED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A self-confessed alcoholic, equally at home on stage and screen, he is starring in two …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELF-CONFESSED — adjective Date: 1746 openly acknowledged by oneself ; avowed, ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELF-CONFESSED — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : openly acknowledged : avowed a self-confessed intellectual a self-confessed gambler
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — /self"keuhn fest", self'-/ , adj. openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF CONFESSED — adj. openly admitting to having particular quality or to behaving in a certain manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SELF-CONFESSED — adjective Date: 1746 : openly acknowledged by oneself : avowed • self-con·fess·ed·ly -ˈfe-səd-lē, -ˈfest-lē adverb
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF-CONFESSED — Pronunciation: - ' fest Function: adjective Date: 1746 : openly acknowledged by oneself : AVOWED – self-con · fess · …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — ■ adjective having openly admitted to being a person with certain characteristics. Derivatives ~ly adverb self-confession noun self-confessional adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
SELF-CONFESSED — [self-con.fessed] adj (ca. 1900): openly acknowledged by oneself: avowed -- self-con.fess.ed.ly adv
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELF-CONFESSED — self-confessed BrE AmE ˌself kən ˈfest ◂ § \ -kɒn- ▶ ˌ self-con ˌ fessed ˈ liar
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — adjective [ only before noun ] admitting that you are a particular type of person or have a particular problem, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — ˌself-conˈfessed BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] admitting that you have a particular quality, especially one that is bad: a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF-CONFESSED — adj. openly admitting oneself to be (a self-confessed thief).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF-CONFESSED — adj. openly admitting oneself to be (a self-confessed thief).
Oxford English vocab
SELF-CONFESSED — If you describe someone as a ~ murderer or a ~ romantic, for example, you mean that they admit openly …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELF-CONFESSED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SELF-CONFESSED — adj. Self-confessed is used with these nouns: ↑ fanatic
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — прил. откровенный; признающий себя виновным откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF-CONFESSED — a откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELF-CONFESSED — прил.откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SELF CONFESSED — (a) откровенный; признающий себя виновным
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SELF-CONFESSED — a откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SELF-CONFESSED — a откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SELF CONFESSED — adj. открыто признающий за собой
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SELF CONFESSED — adj. открыто признающий за собой
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SELF-CONFESSED — прил. откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SELF-CONFESSED — прил. откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SELF-CONFESSED — _a. откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SELF-CONFESSED — a. откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SELF-CONFESSED — прил. откровенный; признающий себя виновным откровенный; признающий себя виновным
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self …
Английский словарь Британика
SELF — I. ˈself, ˈseu̇f, South often ˈse(ə)f pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self, seolf, sylf; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self-, seolf-, sylf-, from self, seolf, sylf, pron. & adjective 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONFESSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Confess
Английский словарь Webster
CONFESSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Confess
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF- — a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings "of the self" ( self-analysis ) and "by oneself …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — /self/ , n. , pl. selves , adj., pron., pl. selves , v. n. 1. a person or thing referred …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — I. ˈself, Southern also ˈsef pronoun Etymology: Middle English (intensive pronoun), from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF- — Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from self 1. a. : oneself or itself self- supporting b. : of oneself …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF — noun personification; embodiment. 2. self ·adj same; particular; very; identical. 3. self ·noun hence, personal interest, or love of private …
Webster English vocab
CONFESSED — impf & ·p.p. of confess.
Webster English vocab
SELF — the I as experienced by an individual. In modern psychology the notion of the self has replaced earlier conceptions of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SELF — / self; NAmE / noun ( pl. selves / selvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C , usually sing. ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF — self S2 W3 /self/ BrE AmE noun ( plural selves /selvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable usually …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONFESSED — con ‧ fessed /kənˈfest/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] having admitted publicly that you have done something: a confessed …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF — n. & adj. n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1. a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CONFESSED — You use confessed to describe someone who openly admits that they have a particular fault or have done something wrong. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONFESSED — You use ~ to describe someone who openly admits that they have a particular fault or have done something wrong. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SELF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be a shadow/ghost of your former self (= be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONFESSED — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a confessed killer EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is hosted by a friendly Jerry …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONFESSED — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]He's a (self-)confessed clothes addict and last year admitted to a newspaper that he owned eighty …
Cambridge English vocab
SELF — n. Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self esteem self fertilization self heal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SELF — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONFESSED — Synonyms and related words : accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affirmed, allowed, approved, authenticated, avowed, certified, conceded, confirmed, countersigned, endorsed, granted, notarized, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF — n. self abandoned self abnegating self abnegation self absorbed self abuse self accusation self admiration self asserting self assertive self …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SELF — < language > A small, dynamically typed object-oriented language , based purely on prototypes and delegation . Self was developed …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SELF- — суф. В сложных словах : 1) выражает направленность действия на самого себя само-, себя-; свое- self-conceit ≈ самомнение self-control ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — 1. сущ. 1) собственная личность, сам study of the self my own self my very self 2) коммерч. сам, лично …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONFESSED — явный, не скрытый, открытый; - she is a * alcoholic она и не скрывает, что пьет
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONFESSED — Признанный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONFESSED — Признан
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONFESSED — Признаваемый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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