cocksure
adjective
[ kɒkˈʃɔː ]
• confident in an excessive or arrogant way.
• "the cocksure golf prodigy from California"
Similar:
arrogant,
conceited,
overconfident,
overweening,
cocky,
smug,
haughty,
supercilious,
disdainful,
lofty,
patronizing,
proud,
vain,
vainglorious,
self-important,
swollen-headed,
egotistical,
presumptuous,
lordly,
pompous,
blustering,
boastful,
brash,
self-assertive,
opinionated,
bold,
forward,
insolent,
high and mighty,
throwing one's weight about,
throwing one's weight around,
uppish,
hubristic,
Origin:
early 16th century: from archaic cock (a euphemism for God ) + sure; later associated with cock1.
