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cocksure [ˌkɒkˈʃʊə -ˈʃɔː] adj
overconfident; arrogant [of uncertain origin] cocksurely adv cocksureness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
cocksure adjective overconfident, arrogant, brash, cocky, presumptuous, bumptious, hubristic, full of yourself a cocksure, self-confident performer How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For in a desire to win quickly and to win much I can see nothing sordid; I have always applauded the opinion of a certain dead and gone, but cocksure, moralist who replied to the excuse that " one may always gamble moderately ", by saying that to do so makes things worse, since, in that case, the profits too will always be moderate. And Sophia Antonovna's cocksure and contemptuous "some police-hound" was characteristically Russian in another way. What an immense joke if Verloc had simply made fools of the whole of Europe, of the revolutionary world, of the police, of the press, and of the cocksure Professor as well. |
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