cocksure
11cocksure — adj Overconfident; very sure. Paul was cocksure that it wasn t going to snow, but it snowed so much that we had to dig our way out of the house …
12cocksure — [[t]kɒ̱kʃʊ͟ə(r)[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. [OLD FASHIONED] …
13cocksure — adjective informal too confident of your abilities or knowledge, in a way that is annoying to other people: He seemed to be rather cocksure, this young man …
14cocksure — cocky / cocksure [adj] self assured, full of oneself arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogging*, hotshot*, hubristic, know it all*, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self… …
15cocksure — adjective Etymology: probably from 1cock + sure Date: 1608 1. feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds 2. marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness ; cocky …
16cocksure — adjective too confident; overconfident …
17cocksure — Synonyms and related words: arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided, determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure, self assured, self confident, self …
18cocksure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. [self ]confident, sure of oneself. See certainty. Ant., insecure, timid. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. confident, self assured, unblinking, unflinching, sure, positive, certain, cocky, arrogant,… …
19cocksure — cock|sure [ kak ʃur, kak,ʃur ] adjective INFORMAL very confident in an annoying way …
20cocksure — adj. excessively confident …
