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confirmed

confirmed

4.2
Having a habit or belief that is unlikely to change
  • adjective
  • /kənˈfɜrmd/
translation icon : convencido
  • It's a weird place to start, but he is a confirmed bachelor.

Examples

  • As a confirmed vegetarian, she refuses to eat any meat or fish.

  • It's a weird place to start, but he is a confirmed bachelor.

  • It's just sort of confirmed the direction that I've been going kind of away from the faith of my childhood.

  • And, and it really kind of confirmed my personal beliefs that that we don't have free will.

  • And it confirmed you are this bad and lovable kid, you know, because I had prison probation school, because I was expelled from school.

  • And it's interesting, he confirmed that the phone number that Carr's been communicating with belongs to this man that we found.

  • He is a confirmed skeptic who questions everything he hears.

  • He is a confirmed fan of the team, rarely missing a game.

Synonyms

ingrained
vsconfirmed
6 6.4

Firmly fixed in a person, especially a habit or belief, so it is hard to change

is firmly set but not presented as especially deep
entrenched
vsconfirmed
6 6.7

Strongly fixed and hard to change, often about beliefs or habits

is firmly set but not limited to attitudes or positions
established
vsconfirmed
4.2

Known and accepted because it has existed for a long time

is about being firmly set in habit rather than social acceptance

Antonyms

unconfirmed
  • Literature
20 4.2

Not yet proven to be true or official

Compounds

1 5.6

A man who chooses to stay unmarried for a long time

A reply saying someone will attend an event

How Established

entrenched
6 6.7
confirmed
4.2
habitual
28 4.0
occasional
285 2.8

Surface Forms

confirmed positive

Morphology

confirmed = confirm (semi-transparent) = confirm + ed

While 'confirmed' is formed from 'confirm' + 'ed', the sense of a firmly established habit is not directly predictable from the verb.

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.