opinionated

opinionated
opinionated (adj.) "obstinate," c.1600, pp. adjective from OPINIONATE (Cf. opinionate).

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  • Opinionated — O*pin ion*a ted, a. Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one s own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • opinionated — index dogmatic, illiberal, inexorable, inflexible, narrow, obdurate, parochial, prejudicial, pretentious …   Law dictionary

  • opinionated — [adj] believing very strongly and conveying it adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded*, cocksure*, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard line*, high handed, inflexible, intransigent, locked in*,… …   New thesaurus

  • opinionated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ assertively dogmatic in one s views …   English terms dictionary

  • opinionated — [ə pin′yənāt΄id, ō pin′yənāt΄id] adj. holding unreasonably or obstinately to one s own opinions opinionatedly adv. opinionatedness n …   English World dictionary

  • opinionated — [[t]əpɪ̱njəneɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as opinionated, you mean that they have very strong opinions and refuse to accept that they may be wrong. She seemed frail but as strongly opinionated and prone to arguments as ever...… …   English dictionary

  • opinionated — See opinionated, opinionative …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • opinionated — Synonyms and related words: antiblack, balking, balky, biased, bigoted, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case hardened, chauvinistic, cocksure, colored, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dogged, dogmatic, dogmatizing,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • opinionated — o|pin|ion|at|ed [əˈpınjəneıtıd] adj expressing very strong opinions about things ▪ I found him very arrogant and opinionated …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • opinionated — o|pin|ion|at|ed [ ə pınjə,neıtəd ] adjective someone who is opinionated has very strong opinions that they refuse to change even when they are clearly unreasonable …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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