Cockiness
noun
The state or quality of being overly confident, sometimes to the point of being rude.
Despite his talent, his cockiness often put off his teammates.
Often appears as...
- show cockiness
- excessive cockiness
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Disapproving
noun
The state or quality of being overly confident, sometimes to the point of being rude.
Despite his talent, his cockiness often put off his teammates.
Often appears as...
- show cockiness
- excessive cockiness
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Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cockiness often carries a negative impression, suggesting disrespect or contempt for others.
His cockiness made him unpopular, as he constantly boasted about his achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Overconfidence
Cockiness goes beyond confidence; it implies an overestimation of one's own abilities or worth.
The rookie's cockiness was evident when he dismissed the veterans' advice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Perceptions of cockiness can vary by culture; what appears self-confident in one may be seen as rude in another.
In some cultures, his cockiness might be admired, but here it's considered offensive.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cockiness often carries a negative impression, suggesting disrespect or contempt for others.
His cockiness made him unpopular, as he constantly boasted about his achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Overconfidence
Cockiness goes beyond confidence; it implies an overestimation of one's own abilities or worth.
The rookie's cockiness was evident when he dismissed the veterans' advice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Perceptions of cockiness can vary by culture; what appears self-confident in one may be seen as rude in another.
In some cultures, his cockiness might be admired, but here it's considered offensive.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Cockiness often carries a negative impression, suggesting disrespect or contempt for others.
His cockiness made him unpopular, as he constantly boasted about his achievements.
Pro Tip 2/3Overconfidence
Cockiness goes beyond confidence; it implies an overestimation of one's own abilities or worth.
The rookie's cockiness was evident when he dismissed the veterans' advice.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Perceptions of cockiness can vary by culture; what appears self-confident in one may be seen as rude in another.
In some cultures, his cockiness might be admired, but here it's considered offensive.
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Drew Dudley: Everyday...
into something bigger than us; something beyond us. We've made it about changing the world. We've taken this title of "leader" and treat it as something that one day we're going to deserve. But to give it to ourselves right now means a level of arrogance or cockiness that we're not comfortable with. And I worry sometimes that we spend so much time
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Everyday leadership -...
us we made it about changing the world and we've taken this title of leader and we treat it as if it's something that one day we're going to deserve but to give it to ourselves right now means a level of arrogance or cockiness that we're not comfortable with and I worry sometimes that we spend so much time celebrating amazing things that hardly
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Drew Dudley: Everyday...
into something bigger than us; something beyond us. We've made it about changing the world. We've taken this title of "leader" and treat it as something that one day we're going to deserve. But to give it to ourselves right now means a level of arrogance or cockiness that we're not comfortable with. And I worry sometimes that we spend so much time
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Everyday leadership -...
us we made it about changing the world and we've taken this title of leader and we treat it as if it's something that one day we're going to deserve but to give it to ourselves right now means a level of arrogance or cockiness that we're not comfortable with and I worry sometimes that we spend so much time celebrating amazing things that hardly
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Benson Henderson
American Mixed Martial Artist
A lot of times, people take other people's confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that's the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you'd be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident.
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Russell Peters
Canadian Comedian
I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage, I'm that confident and that cocky because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo.
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Cole Sprouse
American Actor
It's easy to get swept up in the trappings of that sort of lifestyle, but I've been doing it for long enough that I know how easy it is to fall victim to that sort of arrogance and cockiness that celebrity culture can bring about, in young men especially.
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Carlos Mencia
American Comedian
The fact that so many comics were waiting to jump on the bandwagon of hate toward me - what is it about me that engages this kind of behavior? I began to see it: My cockiness, my lack of hanging out with other comics. A lot of that wasn't my fault.
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Rory McIlroy
Irish Golfer
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.
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Amir Khan
British Athlete
You have to be confident when you've got someone in front of you who wants to beat you and take the title from you. But I think people mistake my confidence for arrogance or cockiness.
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Rick Ross
American Musician
When you walk in a room, the room should feel that this guy's different. What does he do? Who is he? And that's confidence, not cockiness.
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Frances Tiafoe
American Athlete
I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.
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Bret Bielema
American Coach
Don't confuse confidence with cockiness. I really believe that.
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Benson Henderson
American Mixed Martial Artist
A lot of times, people take other people's confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that's the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you'd be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident.
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Russell Peters
Canadian Comedian
I think a lot of people mistake my confidence on stage for cockiness in real life, and that's actually farthest from the truth. When I'm on stage, I'm that confident and that cocky because I have a microphone in my hand, and there's a few thousand people staring at me. And I know they're there to laugh.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo.
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Cole Sprouse
American Actor
It's easy to get swept up in the trappings of that sort of lifestyle, but I've been doing it for long enough that I know how easy it is to fall victim to that sort of arrogance and cockiness that celebrity culture can bring about, in young men especially.
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Carlos Mencia
American Comedian
The fact that so many comics were waiting to jump on the bandwagon of hate toward me - what is it about me that engages this kind of behavior? I began to see it: My cockiness, my lack of hanging out with other comics. A lot of that wasn't my fault.
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Rory McIlroy
Irish Golfer
You know I need that cockiness, the self-belief, arrogance, swagger, whatever you want to call it, I need that on the golf course to bring the best out of myself. So you know once I leave the golf course, you know that all gets left there.
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Amir Khan
British Athlete
You have to be confident when you've got someone in front of you who wants to beat you and take the title from you. But I think people mistake my confidence for arrogance or cockiness.
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Rick Ross
American Musician
When you walk in a room, the room should feel that this guy's different. What does he do? Who is he? And that's confidence, not cockiness.
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Frances Tiafoe
American Athlete
I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.
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Bret Bielema
American Coach
Don't confuse confidence with cockiness. I really believe that.
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