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Synonyms for cockiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kok-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒk i

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Définition of cockiness

Origin :
  • "arrogantly pert," 1768; originally "lecherous" (1540s); from cock (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Cockiness.
  • As in assumption : noun arrogance
  • As in audacity : noun arrogance, presumptuousness
  • As in pride : noun arrogance, self-importance
  • As in vainglory : noun pride
  • As in swelled head : noun inflated self-opinion
  • As in daring : noun boldness
  • As in nerviness : noun impudence
  • As in overconfidence : noun impudence
  • As in pertness : noun impudence
  • As in presumptuousness : noun impudence
  • As in pretentiousness : noun self-importance
  • As in pushiness : noun impudence
  • As in sassiness : noun impudence
  • As in sauciness : noun impudence
  • As in uppishness : noun impudence
  • As in uppityness : noun impudence
  • As in venturesomeness : noun daring
  • As in venturousness : noun daring
  • As in flippancy : noun irreverence
  • As in hubris : noun arrogance
Example sentences :
  • "The Forts and Libs will make it through," Weather said with a lot of cockiness.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • He regained his cockiness on the trip home, though, and insisted on talking all the way.
  • Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
  • His polite and affable smiling, his cockiness and his suavity—all these were part of a pose.
  • Extract from : « Gargoyles » by Ben Hecht
  • It struck me at one time that there was a good deal of cockiness on that side of the Atlantic, that has entirely disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 » by Various
  • They had long regarded our Government as ignorant of European affairs and amateurish in its cockiness.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick
  • There is a self-sufficient "cockiness" about him that soars above all compromise and defers to nothing and to nobody.
  • Extract from : « The Haunts of Old Cockaigne » by Alex Thompson
  • The captain went from cockiness to doubt, from doubt to anxiety, and then to anguished fury.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • More startling was the selfsame hairline scar traversing his cheek; the same touch of cockiness in the set of his face.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton

Antonyms for cockiness

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