Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as opinionate, and now the usual form.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having very strong opinions.
  • adjective Holding to one's own opinion obstinately, stubbornly and unreasonably

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective obstinate in your opinions

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably from Early Modern English opinionate,, opinionated (opinion + –ate) + –ed.]

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Examples

  • Before going after a woman's body or her looks as a way to retaliate against her for being smart and opinionated is just no longer acceptable.

    Mona Gable: In Defense of Meghan McCain Mona Gable 2010

  • Before going after a woman's body or her looks as a way to retaliate against her for being smart and opinionated is just no longer acceptable.

    Mona Gable: In Defense of Meghan McCain Mona Gable 2010

  • Before going after a woman's body or her looks as a way to retaliate against her for being smart and opinionated is just no longer acceptable.

    Mona Gable: In Defense of Meghan McCain Mona Gable 2010

  • And, that we have to remain respectful of people who are not as strongly opinionated, which is why I loved this Huffington Post piece on the “Environmentalist Etiquette.”

    Tea Leaf-Smoked Chicken 2009

  • She's also intelligent and opinionated, which is not common in media eye candy of either sex.

    Finally, a media star to love Mike L 2006

  • She's also intelligent and opinionated, which is not common in media eye candy of either sex.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Mike L 2006

  • On Matthews right now, Andrea Mitchell is defending Teresa saying that women can relate to her statement that she dreams of the day when women are not called opinionated but are called smart and well informed like men are.

    Hullabaloo 2004

  • She said women have a right to have opinions and not be called opinionated but to be called smart and well informed.

    CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2004 2004

  • TERESA HEINZ KERRY, JOHN KERRY'S WIFE: My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called opinionated ...

    CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2004 2004

  • Very opinionated, which is fine, but he does not back up his crit of Derrida with any close reading either so there you go.

    What is Philosophy? A Few Thoughts from a Non-expert on the Passing of Derrida and Reactions to It Chris 2004

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