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View usage for: (kɒki) Word forms: comparative cockier, superlative cockiestadjectiveSomeone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. [informal, disapproval] He was a little bit cocky when he was about 11 because he was winning everything. Synonyms: overconfident, arrogant, brash, swaggering More Synonyms of cocky cockiness uncountable noun The pair of them were both blinded by their own cockiness. Synonyms: overconfidence, vanity, arrogance, conceit More Synonyms of cocky More Synonyms of cocky cocky in British English 1 (ˈkɒkɪ) adjectiveWord forms: cockier or cockiestexcessively proud of oneself Derived forms cockily (ˈcockily) adverb cocky in British English 2 (ˈkɒkɪ) nounWord forms: plural cockies Australian informal1. short for cockatoo (sense 2) 2. a farmer whose farm is regarded as small or of little account cocky in American English (ˈkɑki) adjectiveWord forms: ˈcockier or ˈcockiest Informal jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way Synonyms of 'cocky'overconfident, arrogant, brash, swaggering farmer, smallholder, crofter, grazier More Synonyms of cocky British English: cocky ADJECTIVE Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. He was a little bit cocky when he was about 11 because he was winning everything. - American English: cocky
- Brazilian Portuguese: convencido
- Chinese: 自以为是的
- European Spanish: farruco
- French: trop sûr de soi
- German: großspurig
- Italian: arrogante
- Japanese: うぬぼれた
- Korean: 잘난 체하는
- European Portuguese: convencido
- Latin American Spanish: farruco
Definition excessively proud of oneself He was a little cocky because he was winning all the time. Synonyms swaggering egotistical swollen-headed Opposites modest , hesitant , self-effacing , lacking confidence , unsure of yourself , uncertain of yourself (Australian, New Zealand, informal)He got some casual work with the cane cockies on Maroochy River. Synonyms smallholder crofter (Scottish) grazier agriculturalist rancher husbandman Additional synonymsDefinition having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability an air of arrogant indifference Synonyms conceited, lordly, assuming, proud, swaggering, pompous, pretentious, stuck up (informal), cocky, contemptuous, blustering, imperious, overbearing, haughty, scornful, puffed up, egotistical, disdainful, self-important, presumptuous, high-handed, insolent, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, immodest, swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), uppish (British, informal), too big for your boots or breeches Definition impudent or bold On stage she seems hard, brash and uncompromising. Synonyms bold, forward, rude, arrogant, cocky, pushy (informal), brazen, presumptuous, impertinent, insolent, impudent, bumptious, cocksure, overconfident, hubristic, full of yourself Definition overconfident or arrogant a cocksure, self-confident performer Synonyms overconfident, arrogant, brash, cocky, presumptuous, bumptious, hubristic, full of yourself- cockiness
- cocksure
- cocktail
- cocky
- cocoon
- cod
- coddle
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