Antonyms for cocksure


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kok-shoor, -shur
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒkˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr


Definition of cocksure

Origin :
  • 1520s, "certain," from cock (n.1) + sure (adj.). Probably "as assured as a cock." "The word was originally perfectly dignified, and habitually used in the most solemn connexions" [OED].
  • adj confident
Example sentences :
  • I liked to hear her knock my big men in her cocksure superior way.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • In his operations he was a cocksure individual, Mr. Craig was!
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • And he also will learn not to be cocksure and jump at conclusions.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • Gladstone was remarking but the other day, ‘Harding was always so cocksure.’
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • I was so taken aback,” he explained; “he was so ignorant, so cocksure, that he made me mad.
  • Extract from : « The White Mice » by Richard Harding Davis
  • Of a cocksure, ambitious boy just breaking out of leading strings?
  • Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • He was so cocksure of himself and of her that he could not believe she was in earnest.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn » by Robert Machray
  • "It's Jos all the time," declared Jack, cocksure of the fact.
  • Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton
  • It may have been they were cocksure of their power to score again when they chose.
  • Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • I think they're not more than half right, though they're so cocksure.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

Synonyms for cocksure

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