cocksure
21cocksure — adjective presumptuously or arrogantly confident. Derivatives cocksurely adverb cocksureness noun Origin C16: from archaic cock (a euphemism for God) + sure; later assoc. with cock1 …
22cocksure — a. (Colloq.) Very sure, quite sure, quite certain, very confident …
23cocksure — adj 1. assured, self assured, confident, self confident, self possessed, perfectly sure or certain of oneself; steady, unwavering, unswerving, unhesitating, unflinching, unblinking; in control, in charge, on top of everything, in command. 2.… …
24cocksure — UK [ˌkɒkˈʃɔː(r)] / US [kɑkˈʃʊr] / US [ˈkɑkˌʃʊr] adjective informal showing disapproval very confident in an annoying way …
25cocksure — cock•sure [[t]ˈkɒkˈʃʊər, ˈʃɜr[/t]] adj. 1) absolutely sure; certain 2) overconfident; cocky • Etymology: 1510–20 cock′sure′ly, adv. cock′sure′ness, n …
26cocksure — /ˈkɒkʃɔ / (say kokshaw) adjective 1. perfectly certain; completely confident in one s own mind. 2. too certain; overconfident. 3. Obsolete perfectly secure or safe. –cocksureness, noun …
27cocksure — adj. 1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. Derivatives: cocksurely adv. cocksureness n. Etymology: cock = God + SURE …
28be cocksure — (from Idioms in Speech) to be quite certain, to be self confident Soames gorge rose. You seem very cocksure, he said; my nephew has by no means made up his mind. (J. Galsworthy) Jim Nelson studied him. Now come you re so cocksure? (D. Carter) Had …
29cocksureness — cocksure ► ADJECTIVE ▪ presumptuously or arrogantly confident. DERIVATIVES cocksureness noun. ORIGIN from archaic cock (a euphemism for God) + SURE(Cf. ↑sureness); later associated with COCK(Cf. ↑cock) …
30sure — 1 assured, *confident, sanguine, presumptuous Analogous words: relying, trusting, depending, counting, banking (see RELY): inerrant, unerring, *infallible: *safe, secure 2 Sure, certain, positive, cocksure mean having or showing no doubt. Sure… …
