cockiness

Noun

Meaning

offensive boldness and assertiveness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

forwardness bumptiousness pushiness face assumption nerve pride sauce assurance arrogance cheek presumption egoism vanity gall
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Antonyms

reserve care fear doubt caution courtesy
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Hypernyms

assertiveness self-assertiveness

Examples

She wondered if she could put a dart in his eye. It would not kill him, but it might take the edge off his cockiness. Alastair Reynolds

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness. Drew Brees

Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance. Steve Alten

It was a spoof of and we had a barrel of laughs trying to get ’s arrogance, cockiness and downright rudeness to shine through in my voice. Source: Internet

The unsexy dork in me is flummoxed, wondering what is it about cockiness that is so attractive to straight women (don’t say “confidence"; that’s different). Source: Internet

In this case, the cruel cockiness of the "Bodak" lyrics garnered the record an early publicity boost thanks to an Internet fight between Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cockiest cockily Cockin cocking cocking of a snook cockish