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cocksure a. 确信的,深信的,独断的 确信的,深信的,独断的 cocksure adj 1: marked by excessive confidence; " an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; " so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; " the less he knows the more positive he gets" [ synonym: { cocksure}, { overconfident}, { positive}] Cocksure \ Cock" sure`\, 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] 28 Moby Thesaurus words for " cocksure": arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided, determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure, self- assured, self- confident, self- important, self- reliant, sure, unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
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