cockiness
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈkɑːkɪnəs/
:
arrogancia
- Her cockiness alienated her friends, who felt she was too arrogant to listen.
- cockiness and confidence
- cockiness or arrogance
- a bit of cockiness
I mean, like cockiness can bleed into arrogance.
- I mean, like cockiness can bleed into arrogance.
- And there's a fine line between confidence and and arrogance or cockiness.
- So in a way that's yeah, it was kind of that that punk rock cockiness and that small town naivete.
- Over confidence is hubris or, or over confidence is cockiness, right?
- That people preferred the Shawn Michaels with attitude and arrogance and brashness and cockiness.
Examples
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As entitled and narcissistic as students often appear, their self-destructiveness and inability to recover quickly from setbacks bely their cockiness.
Academic text (2005) -
There was a cockiness to their gait that irritated her—even the woman walked like a football player.
Fiction book (1997) -
I think a little cockiness is in order!
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In his cockiness, he could have missed the flight.
Fiction book (2002) -
I tried to believe that it was good for him to lose some of that cockiness.
Academic text (1994) -
I like some of the cockiness, but he has to put it in perspective.
Blog text (27) -
And maybe it showed an attitude or cockiness that POTUS decided was wrong for the job.
Blog text (4) -
I mean, like cockiness can bleed into arrogance.
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There's a compensatory cockiness to his step.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jimmy's gonna need more than his usual cockiness to defeat Milner here today.
Synonyms
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4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
32
7.7
Confident, showy behavior meant to impress or hide fear
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7.7
Rude boldness that shows little respect for others
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9.5
Words that show you think you are better than others without proof
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3.7
Rude confidence that shows a lack of respect for others
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6.8
A way of acting that is too bold, loud, and rude
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7.3
Shameless boldness that ignores what people consider proper
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8.7
Being too confident in a rude way
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6.1
Trying too hard to make people do something and annoying them
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7.0
Bold playful behaviour that is a little rude
A rude, annoying way of showing too much confidence
Rude selfish actions that ignore other people's feelings
Actions that are loud and show too much confidence
A way of behaving that shows you act too proud and think you are better than others
A bold, rude way of behaving that upsets people
A loud, bold way of behaving that often seems rude
A confident, forceful way of acting or speaking
Bold behaviour that is rude and makes people uncomfortable
Too much confidence that ignores other people's views
Talking in a rude, bold way that challenges people
Antonyms
How Arrogant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cockiness comes from cocky, which comes from cock, the old word for a 'rooster' that walks proudly and likes to show off. So cockiness means that proud, showy behaviour of being too sure of yourself, often in a way that annoys others.