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

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• announced
• stated