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cock·sure

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–adjective

1.	perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one's own mind: She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else.

2.	too certain; overconfident: He was so cocksure he would win the election that he didn't even bother to campaign.

3.	Obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.

[Origin: 1510–20; cock¹ + sure

]

—Related forms

cocksurely, adverb

cocksureness, noun

—Synonyms 1. cocky, arrogant, conceited.

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cock·sure Audio Help (kŏk'shŏŏr') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Completely sure; certain.
Too sure; overconfident.

cock'sure'ly adv., cock'sure'ness n.

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cocksure
adjective
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"

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ˌcockˈsure adjective

very or too confident
Example: He was cocksure about passing the exam.

Arabic:	واثِقٌ بِنَفْسِهِ أكْثر مما يَنْبَغي
Chinese (Simplified):	太自信的
Chinese (Traditional):	太自信的
Czech:	příliš jistý, sebejistý
Danish:	skråsikker
Dutch:	(te) zelfverzekerd
Estonian:	enesekindel
Finnish:	vuorenvarma
French:	outrecuidant
German:	todsicher
Greek:	υπερβολικά σίγουρος
Hungarian:	magabiztos
Icelandic:	handviss; of viss
Indonesian:	yakin
Italian:	sicurissimo

Japanese:	信じ切って
Korean:	자신만만한
Latvian:	pilnībā pārliecināts; pašpārliecināts
Lithuanian:	visiškai tikras, pernelyg įsitikinęs
Norwegian:	skråsikker
Polish:	pewny
Portuguese (Brazil):	confiante demais
Portuguese (Portugal):	seguríssimo
Romanian:	absolut sigur (de)
Russian:	самоуверенный
Slovak:	sebaistý
Slovenian:	popolnoma prepričan
Spanish:	creído
Swedish:	tvärsäker, självsäker
Turkish:	yüzde yüz emin olma