
cocksure



IDIOM
cock‧sure /ˌkɒkˈʃʊə $ ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/ adjective
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Synonyms & Related Wordscocksure[adjective]Synonyms: sure, certain, confident, positive
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English Dictionarycock‧sure /ˌkɒkˈʃʊə $ ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/
adjective old-fashioned[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: cock word used to avoid saying 'God' (14-19 centuries) + sure]
too confident of your abilities or knowledge, in a way that is annoying to other people:
He seemed rather too cocksure for my liking. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Idiomscocksure adj. Overconfident; very sure.
Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much that we had to dig our way out of the house. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲