3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a. 1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Quite certain. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure of winning that they didn't practice in the week before the big game.. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cocksure adj : marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" [syn: {overconfident}, {positive}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "cocksure": arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided, determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, sure, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
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