Cocksure
adjective
Feeling very sure and confident, sometimes too confident.
He was rather cocksure about getting the job, despite the tough competition.
Often appears as...
- feeling cocksure
- act cocksure
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Feeling very sure and confident, sometimes too confident.
He was rather cocksure about getting the job, despite the tough competition.
Often appears as...
- feeling cocksure
- act cocksure
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Overconfidence Risk
Cocksure implies excessive confidence that could lead to mistakes or embarrassment if you're wrong.
He was cocksure that his answer was correct, but it actually resulted in an awkward mistake.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
While confident is positive, cocksure often has a negative shade, suggesting arrogance or heedlessness.
Her cocksure attitude during the interview may have seemed disrespectful to the panel.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Interpretation
Be aware that in some cultures, being cocksure may be considered rude or offensive, not just confident.
He didn't realize how his cocksure remarks would come off as offensive to the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Overconfidence Risk
Cocksure implies excessive confidence that could lead to mistakes or embarrassment if you're wrong.
He was cocksure that his answer was correct, but it actually resulted in an awkward mistake.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
While confident is positive, cocksure often has a negative shade, suggesting arrogance or heedlessness.
Her cocksure attitude during the interview may have seemed disrespectful to the panel.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Interpretation
Be aware that in some cultures, being cocksure may be considered rude or offensive, not just confident.
He didn't realize how his cocksure remarks would come off as offensive to the audience.
Pro Tip 1/3Overconfidence Risk
Cocksure implies excessive confidence that could lead to mistakes or embarrassment if you're wrong.
He was cocksure that his answer was correct, but it actually resulted in an awkward mistake.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
While confident is positive, cocksure often has a negative shade, suggesting arrogance or heedlessness.
Her cocksure attitude during the interview may have seemed disrespectful to the panel.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Interpretation
Be aware that in some cultures, being cocksure may be considered rude or offensive, not just confident.
He didn't realize how his cocksure remarks would come off as offensive to the audience.
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Quote examples
Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
British Politician
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
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Bertrand Russell
British Philosopher
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
Quote examples
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
British Politician
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
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