outspoken

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English

Etymology

From outspeak, equivalent to out- +‎ spoken.

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Adjective

outspoken (comparative more outspoken, superlative most outspoken)

  1. Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.
    an outspoken man
    an outspoken rebuke
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
      Transmission: An Alliance officer named Major Kyle has set up a small compound in the Hawking Eta cluster. He's attracted a number of followers. Mostly biotics.
      Transmission: He's become an outspoken critic of the Alliance, and we believe he's mentally unstable. This could be trouble, Shepard.
    • 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian‎:
      Safdar constantly chews a betel nut derivative, which has a stimulant effect – a common habit among drivers in Pakistan. He is outspoken and talks a million miles a minute, his rapid hand movements expressing a range of emotions.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
      The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.

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Verb

outspoken

  1. past participle of outspeak.
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