cocksure
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cocksure
adj 1: marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure
materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak
to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he
gets" [syn: {cocksure}, {overconfident}, {positive}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
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We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
invisible. --Shak.
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2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
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I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
readily promised me. --Pope.
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3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure
of winning that they didn't practice in the week before
the big game.. [Colloq.]
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "cocksure":
arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided,
determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening,
persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure,
self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, sure,
unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
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