cocksure
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.
too certain; overconfident: He was so cocksure he would win the election that he didn't even bother to campaign.
Obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.
Origin of cocksure
1Other words for cocksure
Other words from cocksure
- cocksurely, adverb
- cocksureness, noun
Words Nearby cocksure
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How to use cocksure in a sentence
We’re seeing a guy that is usually cocksure and confident in New York, in his blood, he’s wearing his own skin, and very sure of not only himself but his surroundings.
Joseph Sikora Talks Tommy Taking The Driver’s Seat For ‘Power Book IV: FORCE’ | Rivea Ruff | February 5, 2022 | Essence.comSeries lead Joel Kinnaman plays Ed Baldwin, a cocksure astronaut who finds himself facing trial after trial and slowly beginning to buckle under the pressure.
One Good Thing: For All Mankind explores a world where humans lived on the moon — in the 1970s | Emily VanDerWerff | March 19, 2021 | VoxHow could they have been so cocksure in the face of so much contrary opinion from seemingly well qualified people?
cocksure and unafraid, our protagonist does what he always does: he invites the ghost to dinner.
Don Giovanni in Los Angeles: Mozart Meets the Future | Isabel Wilkinson | May 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut like millions of others, I went through phases when I was cocksure I could outsmart the market.
In the end, the once cocksure president is left struggling to come to grips with reality.
Aaron Logan didn't like being told what to do, especially by a little cocksure midget.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney"We shall see," said Tiler, elated and cocksure, and I freely confess we did see that he was not quite the fool I thought him.
The Passenger from Calais | Arthur GriffithsHer cocksure intensity could not fail to impress me in my present state of deadness; I listened as if to oracles.
The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson DoddAbout a generation ago scientific men, or some of them at all events, were getting rather cocksure.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinThe thought that enraged him was that the banker was so cocksure of himself, his position.
The Fall of a Nation | Thomas Dixon
British Dictionary definitions for cocksure
/ (ˌkɒkˈʃʊə, -ˈʃɔː) /
overconfident; arrogant
Origin of cocksure
1Derived forms of cocksure
- cocksurely, adverb
- cocksureness, noun
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