- fessed
- pro·fessed;pro·fessed·ly;
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self´-con|fessed´ly — self con|fessed «SEHLF kuhn FEHST», adjective. confessed by oneself; self admitted: »a self confessed failure, a self confessed baseball fan. –self´ con|fessed´ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
self-con|fessed — «SEHLF kuhn FEHST», adjective. confessed by oneself; self admitted: »a self confessed failure, a self confessed baseball fan. –self´ con|fessed´ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
con|fessed — «kuhn FEHST», adjective. acknowledged; admitted: »... a confessed narcotics user (Harper s) … Useful english dictionary
pro|fessed — «pruh FEHST», adjective. 1. avowed or acknowledged; openly declared: »a professed liar. 2. alleged; pretended: »How hast thou the heart, Being…my friend profess d, To mangle me with that word “banished”? (Shakespeare). 3. having taken the vows of … Useful english dictionary
ˌself-conˈfessed — adj admitting to being a particular bad type of person … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pro·fessed — /prəˈfɛst/ adj, always before a noun formal : openly said or declared He is a professed enemy of the king. a professed Jew/Catholic/Muslim often used to suggest that what someone says is not true or should be doubted His professed reason for… … Useful english dictionary
self-con·fessed — /ˌsɛlfkənˈfɛst/ adj, always used before a noun : freely and openly admitting that you are a particular type of person a self confessed forger a self confessed television addict … Useful english dictionary
self-pro·fessed — /ˌsɛlfprəˈfɛst/ adj, always used before a noun usually disapproving 1 : ↑self proclaimed self professed experts 2 : ↑self confessed a self professed sports junkie … Useful english dictionary
counter-fessed — … Useful english dictionary
fess up — verb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting • Syn: ↑make a clean breast of, ↑own up • Hypernyms: ↑concede, ↑profess, ↑confess … Useful english dictionary
