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    Cock·sure
    /ˌkäkˈSHo͝or/

    adjective

    • 1. presumptuously or arrogantly confident: "the cocksure golf prodigy from California"
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  3. Definitions of cocksure. adjective. marked by excessive confidence. “an arrogant and cocksure materialist”. synonyms: overconfident, positive. confident. having or marked by confidence or assurance.

  4. 2 days ago · Cocksure certainty is the source of much that is worst in our present world, and it is something of which the contemplation of history ought to cure us, not only or chiefly because there were wise men in the past, but because so much that was thought wisdom turned out to be folly – which suggests that much of our own supposed wisdom is no better.

  5. Definition of cocksure adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. 6 days ago · 1. perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one's own mind. She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else. 2. too certain; overconfident. He was so cocksure he would win the election that he didn't even bother to campaign. 3. obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.

  7. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English cocksure /ˌkɒkˈʃʊə $ ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/ adjective old-fashioned too confident of your abilities or knowledge, in a way that is annoying to other people He seemed rather too cocksure for my liking. Examples from the Corpus cocksure • She sounds confident, but not cocksure.

  8. Define cocksure. cocksure synonyms, cocksure pronunciation, cocksure translation, English dictionary definition of cocksure. adj. 1. Completely sure; certain. 2. Too sure; overconfident. cock′sure′ly adv. cock′sure′ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,...

  9. cocksure / ˈ kɑːk ˈ ʃuɚ/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of COCKSURE. [more cocksure; most cocksure] : having or showing confidence in a way that is annoying to other people. a cocksure, know-it-all attitude. cocksure arrogance.