outspoken

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Editorial note

I'd expect that some of the more outspoken bloggers print retractions.

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Quick take

given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

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adjective

given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

adjective

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for outspoken.

adjective

given to expressing yourself freely or insistently; "outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal assembly"

adjective

Example sentences

I'd expect that some of the more outspoken bloggers print retractions.

I was an outspoken Facebook-hater for a long time.

It's flat out offensive to have a teacher deride my baby girl for being outspoken and spunky.

He's also been outspoken in free speech issues which has made him a target of Muslim fundamentalists.

They have tried just that: FBI Director Louis Freeh is the most outspoken advocate of encryption restrictions.

I think this is an example of Wanstrath kow-towing to a small, outspoken subset of GitHub's employees to avoid bad PR. This has happened before.

DHH and Zed Shaw are both famously outspoken and controversial, but the only thing why can be accused of is innocent whimsy.

But please don't try to present it as a fact.> written by "a outspoken and controversial author and journalist"...I don't see anything wrong with that.

They're a lot more ruinous to companies than the outspoken and self-executive types that dinosaurs call "prima donnas".

Watterson was very outspoken about his displeasures with the art form and the grinding newspaper production process throughout the life of C&H.

The national Republican Party is outspoken about raising taxes on lower income people, in "broadening the base".

As Fred, I've rarely hesitated to speak my mind, and so I've gotten ideas pushed forward that would have definitely been DOA if I hadn't been so outspoken about them.

One of the worst pieces of journalism about the Google+ policy, written by a "outspoken and controversial author and journalist".

Seems like governments are investing a lot in electronically targeting outspoken individuals.

Even progressive nonprofits seem to dislike working with outspoken, truly horizontal organizations where self-management is the norm.

He's been very outspoken in the Australian media about over-regulation of industry and outdated think tanks stifling innovation by recommending tactics that reinforce the status quo.