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cocksure - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cocksure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cocksure [ a.]
- Perfectly safe.
- Quite certain.

Meaning of 'cocksure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cocksure [ s]
Meaning (1):
- marked by excessive confidence
Example in sentence:
  • an arrogant and cocksure materialist;
  • so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen;
  • the less he knows the more positive he gets

Nearby Words:

coca cocagne cocaine cocci cocciferous coccinella coccobacteria coccobacterium coccolite coccolith

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