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cocksure

adjective

cock·​sure ˈkäk-ˈshu̇r How to pronounce cocksure (audio)
1
: feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds
2
: marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness : cocky
cocksurely adverb
cocksureness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for cocksure

sure, certain, positive, cocksure mean having no doubt or uncertainty.

sure usually stresses the subjective or intuitive feeling of assurance.

felt sure that I had forgotten something

certain may apply to a basing of a conclusion or conviction on definite grounds or indubitable evidence.

police are certain about the cause of the fire

positive intensifies sureness or certainty and may imply opinionated conviction or forceful expression of it.

I'm positive that's the person I saw

cocksure implies presumptuous or careless positiveness.

you're always so cocksure about everything

Example Sentences

you're always so cocksure about everything
Recent Examples on the Web From the start, Mr. Koecher was at once brilliant and hard to take—cocksure and certain that he was destined for great things. Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Amid the cocksure bravado of the adventure-sports world, fluidity is read as weakness. Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2020 So cocksure are they, even their hair seems to swagger. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022 Craig Kilborn, the fratty cocksure original host of The Daily Show, had gotten his big call-up from CBS to host the late-night slot following David Letterman’s, which was one of two jobs Stewart didn’t get. Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2022 After the evacuation, the four Brits were skewered as irresponsible and cocksure by Icelanders and media outlets around the world. Devon O’neil, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2016 Sharp has other critics around the league; some are put off by his cocksure demeanor, and resent his habit of making bold strategic assertions without sufficient data to back them up. Danny Funt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2022 Even as a youth, Mellencamp had a reputation for being petulant and cocksure. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022 Tom Barrack snowed them, by projecting an earnestness and a cocksure confidence in his own knowingness that television finds irresistible. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

probably from cock entry 1 + sure

First Known Use

1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocksure was in 1672

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