https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:30:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-the-word-opinionated-have-a-negative-connotation-to-you#post-1156332 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:19:35 +0000 banana 1156332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: Ah! I like that. I've always said "I love how opinionated you are about X topics." so I'm hoping it didn't come across negatively. A co-worker just complained to me recently that her friend said she was "opinionated" and how that offended her. So I looked up the official definition and didn't realize that it had a negative connotation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-the-word-opinionated-have-a-negative-connotation-to-you#post-1156327 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:16:54 +0000 loveisstrange 1156327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's one of those things that can be good or bad for me, depending on how you express those opinions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-the-word-opinionated-have-a-negative-connotation-to-you#post-1156325 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:16:30 +0000 Kimberlybee 1156325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I always associated opinionated with being stubborn and hard-headed so I always use "strong opinions" towards a certain subject instead if I need to describe someone who I think is opinionated but has valid reasoning skills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-the-word-opinionated-have-a-negative-connotation-to-you#post-1156302 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:10:40 +0000 banana 1156302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never realized that being "opinionated" was somewhat negative! </p> <p>The official definition is "Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one's own opinions."</p> <p>I've called people opinionated before but I totally meant it in a positive way (like they had strong opinions about topics as opposed to being indifferent about them). OOPS! I hope I didn't offend anyone!! </p>