cocksureness

Thân thiện

He displayed an annoying cocksureness during the team meeting.

Definition

Noun: * An attitude or state of being overly confident or certain, often to the point of arrogance or without sufficient justification. It implies a level of certainty that is unwarranted by the facts or circumstances.

Examples of Usage

• His cocksureness about the outcome of the election was proven wrong when the results came in.
• The project failed partly due to the manager's cocksureness, which led him to ignore the team's warnings.
• She answered every question with an irritating cocksureness, even when she was clearly mistaken.

Advanced Usage

• "with cocksureness": Used to describe an action performed with excessive confidence.
  • He dismissed the criticism with a wave of his hand and an air of cocksureness.

Variants and Related Words

• Cocksure (adjective): Having or showing excessive confidence.
  • He was too cocksure to double-check his calculations.

Synonyms

• Arrogance
• Overconfidence
• Presumption
• Smugness
• Hubris

Antonyms

• Doubt
• Humility
• Uncertainty
• Diffidence
• Modesty

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be full of oneself: To be very self-confident in an arrogant way. This idiom conveys a similar meaning to having cocksureness.
  • Ever since he got promoted, he's been completely full of himself.

Học thuật

Noun

1. total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Từ đồng nghĩa

• certitude
• overconfidence