avowed

avowed [uh-voud] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for avowed on Thesaurus.com adjective

Origin of avowed Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at avow, -ed2 Related formsa·vow·ed·ly [uh-vou-id-lee] /əˈvaʊ ɪd li/, adverba·vow·ed·ness, nounself-a·vowed, adjectiveun·a·vowed, adjective Related Words for unavowed unidentified, unnamed, undisclosed, nameless, unsigned, incognito, pseudo, pseudonymous, secret, unspecified, X, innominate, unacknowledged, unattested, unavowed, unclaimed, uncredited, undesignated, whatchamacallit Examples from the Web for unavowed Historical Examples of unavowed

Yes, that indeed was his unavowed dream, the ambition he dared not confess to himself.

Emile Zola

Or did she mean that there was some cause, unavowed but not unimaginable, why she should desire them more?

Julian Hawthorne

Her pursuit of a man, unavowed, bold, is the story of the play.

James Huneker

The unavowed desire implanted by nature enters into his conscience.

Victor Hugo

The extent of unavowed or unconscious scepticism far exceeds that which is openly avowed or consciously felt.

Philip Vivian