opinionated

[ uh-pin-yuh-ney-tid ]
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adjective
  1. obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.

Origin of opinionated

1
1595–1605; obsolete opinionate to possess or form an opinion (see opinion, -ate1) + -ed2

Other words for opinionated

Other words from opinionated

  • o·pin·ion·at·ed·ly, adverb
  • o·pin·ion·at·ed·ness, noun
  • non·o·pin·ion·at·ed, adjective
  • non·o·pin·ion·at·ed·ness, noun
  • o·ver·o·pin·ion·at·ed, adjective
  • o·ver·o·pin·ion·at·ed·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·o·pin·ion·at·ed·ness, noun
  • un·o·pin·ion·at·ed, adjective

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How to use opinionated in a sentence

  • Never become opinionated or dogmatic, for the moment we cease to learn, our usefulness will decline.

    The Sabbath-School Index | Richard Gay Pardee
  • She had become therefore somewhat querulous, and self-opinionated in her discussions with her friend.

    La Mere Bauche | Anthony Trollope
  • Father Griffen hardly knew whether to laugh or to be appalled at the opinionated resolve of the chevalier.

  • "Self-opinionated old mountebank," Harleston thought, as he went down the corridor to Carpenter's office.

  • Knew him well, the selfish old pig; as conceited, self-opinionated an old fool as ever lived in all England.

British Dictionary definitions for opinionated

opinionated

/ (əˈpɪnjəˌneɪtɪd) /


adjective
  1. holding obstinately and unreasonably to one's own opinions; dogmatic

Derived forms of opinionated

  • opinionatedly, adverb
  • opinionatedness, noun

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