confirmed
- adjective
- /kənˈfɜrmd/
- It's a weird place to start, but he is a confirmed bachelor.
Examples
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As a confirmed vegetarian, she refuses to eat any meat or fish.
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It's a weird place to start, but he is a confirmed bachelor.
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It's just sort of confirmed the direction that I've been going kind of away from the faith of my childhood.
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And, and it really kind of confirmed my personal beliefs that that we don't have free will.
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And it confirmed you are this bad and lovable kid, you know, because I had prison probation school, because I was expelled from school.
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And it's interesting, he confirmed that the phone number that Carr's been communicating with belongs to this man that we found.
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He is a confirmed skeptic who questions everything he hears.
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He is a confirmed fan of the team, rarely missing a game.
Synonyms
Firmly fixed in a person, especially a habit or belief, so it is hard to change
Strongly fixed and hard to change, often about beliefs or habits
Known and accepted because it has existed for a long time
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Etymology
Confirmed comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to make firm'. A helpful image is a person 'made firm' in their ways, so a confirmed bachelor or skeptic has habits or beliefs that are fixed and unlikely to change.