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

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-confessed¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

That case, brought before DNA testing was widely available, was enough to convince a jury at Liverpool Crown Court - and on 5 November 1987 he went from a self-confessed "petty thief" to a convicted murderer.

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A self-confessed politics nerd as a child, the young Jetten grew up in a small town in the southern province of Brabant and came out when he was young.

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His carefully rehearsed lines and bookish glasses earned the self-confessed geek the unwelcome nickname of "Robot Jetten" in his early career.

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As a self-confessed Traitors superfan, you might have expected Line of Duty actor Mark Bonnar to jump at the chance to appear in the celebrity version.

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The self-confessed teenage nerd was dedicated to weird science as a vocation.

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