About The Word Cocksure
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Cocksure
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What's The Definition Of Cocksure?
[adj] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cocksure: confident | overconfident | positive Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Cocksure In Webster's Dictionary \Cock"sure`\, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
invisible. --Shak.
2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
readily promised me. --Pope.
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