cocksure
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Synonyms & Antonyms for cocksure
Synonyms
arch, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy, saucy, wise
Antonyms
meek, mousy (or mousey), retiring, shy, timid
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Mulvaney began his tenure with an open display of cocksure philistinism, taking potshots at Warren at a conference of appreciative credit union executives. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Why is Trump’s consumer protection agency helping to promote H&R Block’s credit card?," 18 July 2019 Don’t be so cocksure that your side is telling the truth, is all. — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, The New Republic, "“Stop Telling Me Your Opinion”: An Exit Interview With C-SPAN’s Founder," 26 June 2019 Tony Stark’s cocksure genius has gone from being an asset to a liability, for the character and the franchise alike. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Avengers: Infinity War feels like the beginning of a goodbye to Captain America," 9 May 2018 His lifelong project, in many ways, is an attempt to reconcile those two people: the penniless, bumbling foreigner who speaks atrocious English, and the cocksure Sarajevan who was once intelligent and cool and desirable—who was somebody. — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, "Aleksandar Hemon’s Lost Eden," 6 June 2019 Read More Last man standing from Panthers' 'shop-hungry' draft knows what must happen next Breakout candidate Jackson is cocksure, versatile and athletic. — Jourdan Rodrigue, charlotteobserver, "Most exciting position battle at Panthers' 2018 training camp fueled by competition," 11 July 2018 His work, like that of his cocksure young protégé Egon Schiele (1890-1918)—famed for his moody, expressive portraits and raw, erotic nudes—seemed to echo the decadence of a world cursed by an inescapably dark destiny. — Mary Tompkins Lewis, WSJ, "‘Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele’ and ‘Obsession’ Reviews: More Than Apocalyptic Visions," 9 July 2018 And though the music on ye is cocksure and often dazzling, the album leaves much of West’s recent hectoring unresolved. — Jason Parham, WIRED, "On Ye, Kanye West’s Ignorance Is Too Loud to Ignore," 4 June 2018 Han Solo as viewers met him was already a wonderfully cocksure concotion, equal parts aloof and goofy, a guy defined by both his losing streaks and his last-minute loyalties. — Brian Raftery, WIRED, "Solo May Be Inessential, But It's Also Utterly Delightful," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cocksure.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cocksure
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