(adj) marked by excessive confidence, Syn. positive, overconfident, Example:an arrogant and cocksure materialist; so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen; the less he knows the more positive he gets

certitude

(n) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant, Syn. overconfidence, cocksureness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cocksure

a. 1. Perfectly safe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quite certain. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure of winning that they didn't practice in the week before the big game.. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

強気

[つよき, tsuyoki] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (1) confident; assured; self-assured; firm; strong; cocksure; (2) (See 弱気・よわき・2) bullish (e.g. market); (P)

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

völlig sicher { adv }

cocksurely

völlig sicher; totsicher; fest überzeugt { adj }

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