COCKSURE

Meaning of COCKSURE in English

■ adjective presumptuously or arrogantly confident.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

C16: from archaic cock (a euphemism for God ) + sure ; later assoc. with cock 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

COCKSURE — adjective Etymology: probably from 1cock + sure Date: 1608 feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds, marked by overconfidence or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCKSURE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: probably from cock (I) + sure 1. obsolete a. : quite safe b. : of certain …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COCKSURE — (a.) Quite certain.
Английский словарь Webster
COCKSURE — (a.) Perfectly safe.
Английский словарь Webster
COCKSURE — ( a. ) Quite certain.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COCKSURE — ( a. ) Perfectly safe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COCKSURE — — cocksurely , adv. — cocksureness , n. /kok"shoor", -sherr"/ , adj. 1. perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COCKSURE — adj. excessively confident
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COCKSURE — adjective Etymology: probably from cock (I) + sure Date: 1608 1. : feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COCKSURE — adj quite certain. 2. cocksure ·adj perfectly safe.
Webster English vocab
COCKSURE — [cock.sure] adj [prob. fr. [1]cock + sure] (1672) 1: feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds 2: marked by overconfidence …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COCKSURE — cocksure BrE AmE ˌkɒk ˈʃɔː ◂ -ˈʃʊə AmE \ ˌkɑːk ˈʃʊ ə r ◂ -ˈʃɝː ▷ cocksure|ly li ▷ cocksure|ness …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COCKSURE — / ˌkɒkˈʃʊə(r); -ʃɔː(r); NAmE ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/ adjective ( old-fashioned , informal ) confident in a way that is annoying to other …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COCKSURE — cock ‧ sure /ˌkɒkˈʃʊə $ ˌkɑːkˈʃʊr/ BrE AmE adjective old-fashioned [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: cock word used to avoid …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COCKSURE — adj. 1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. øøcocksurely adv. cocksureness n. [cock = God …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COCKSURE — adj. 1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. cocksurely adv. cocksureness n. [ cock = …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COCKSURE — adj.1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. Derivatives: cocksurely adv. cocksureness n. Etymology: cock God …
Oxford English vocab
COCKSURE — Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. ( OLD-FASHIONED ) …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COCKSURE — Someone who is ~ is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. (OLD-FASHIONED) = cocky …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COCKSURE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ She sounds confident, but not cocksure . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Berton was a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COCKSURE — [adjective] [informal] [disapproving] - too confident in a way that is slightly unpleasant or rudeHe's so cocksure I don't think …
Cambridge English vocab
COCKSURE — Synonyms and related words : arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided, determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COCKSURE — {adj.} Overconfident; very sure. * /Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much …
Slang English vocab
COCKSURE — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: SURE 5, certain, confident, positive
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COCKSURE — {adj.} Overconfident; very sure. * /Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much …
Словарь английских идиом
COCKSURE — adj. Overconfident; very sure. Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much that …
American Idioms English vocabulary
COCKSURE — (of, about) (разговорное) уверенный (в чем-л.) (разговорное) самоуверенный (разговорное) неизбежный (о событии) cocksure вполне уверенный; I was cocksure of (или …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COCKSURE — cocksure.ogg ͵kɒkʹʃʋə a разг. 1. (of, about) уверенный ( в чём-л. ) 2. самоуверенный 3. неизбежный ( о событии )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COCKSURE — _a. 1> вполне уверенный; I was cocksure of (или about) his horse я был уверен, что его лошадь выиграет 2> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
COCKSURE — (of, about) (разговорное) уверенный (в чем-л.) (разговорное) самоуверенный (разговорное) неизбежный (о событии) cocksure вполне уверенный; I was cocksure of (или …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COCKSURE — adj. Pronunciation: ' käk- ' shu ̇ r Function: adjective Etymology: probably from 1 cock + sure Date: 1608 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COCKSURE — a. ( Colloq. ) Very sure, quite sure, quite certain, very confident.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
COCKSURE — adjective Synonyms: sure 5, certain, confident, positive
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
COCKSURE — adj. 25B6; adjective ARROGANT, conceited, overweening, overconfident, cocky, proud, vain, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous; smug, patronizing, pompous; informal high and …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COCKSURE — Вполне уверенный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COCKSURE — самоуверенный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COCKSURE — (a) неизбежный; самоуверенный; уверенный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COCKSURE — a разг. 1. (of, about) уверенный ( в чём-л. ) 2. самоуверенный 3. неизбежный ( о событии )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COCKSURE — a разг. 1. (of, about) уверенный ( в чём-л. ) 2. самоуверенный 3. неизбежный ( о событии )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COCKSURE — adj. вполне уверенный, самоуверенный, неизбежный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COCKSURE — adj. вполне уверенный, самоуверенный, неизбежный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
COCKSURE — вполне уверенный
English-Russian Online Dictionary
COCKSURE — самоуверенный, неизбежный
English-Russian vocab
COCKSURE — самоуверенный
Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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