Antonyms for cockiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kok-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒk i

Definition 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

Synonyms for cockiness

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