cocksure
3
8.2
- adjective
- /ˈkɑkˌʃʊr/
:
presuntuoso
- His cocksure attitude often annoyed his friends, as he believed he was always right.
- so cocksure
- less cocksure
- cocksure attitude
But it's like taking a weakness and making it this sort of like cocksure strength to be like, that's that.
- But it's like taking a weakness and making it this sort of like cocksure strength to be like, that's that.
Examples
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Don't be so cocksure of everything, Luke.
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I hope it will teach you not to be so cocksure in the future.
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"We're kind of fired up," she says, cocksure and proud.
Blog text (23) -
His cocksure attitude, his charm, his talent - they always get him what he wants.
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Bobby Lee smiles at her, cocksure.
Fiction book (1993) -
I wouldn't be so cocksure of everything.
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It's arrogant, cocksure, and exactly what every fan wants his or her ownership group to say.
Blog text (5) -
Not at all the usual pewter-gray skies of London, and I was cocksure and full of myself that day.
Fiction book (1995) -
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
Blog text (13) -
You could tell the way he'd just strut around, all arms and elbows, you know, all puffed up and cocksure.
Synonyms
260
4.5
Behaving as if you are more important or better than other people
99
4.2
Being too confident and acting proud so other people dislike you
42
8.0
Being too confident and doing things that are not allowed or polite
31
6.6
Very confident in a rude, loud way that annoys other people
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
19
5.3
To believe you can do more than you really can
3
9.1
Acting more important than you really are
1
8.4
Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions
1
9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
1
6.7
Thinking you are better than other people and acting proud
Thinking you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Confident
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cocksure comes from cock ('rooster') and sure ('certain'), creating the image of a rooster proudly walking around as if it knows everything. That's why cocksure means being very confident in a way that can seem arrogant.