Antonyms for cocksure

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kok-shoor, -shur

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒkˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr

Definition of cocksure

Origin : 1520s, "certain," from cock (n.1) + sure (adj.). Probably "as assured as a cock." "The word was originally perfectly dignified, and habitually used in the most solemn connexions" [OED].

adj confident

Example sentences :

I liked to hear her knock my big men in her cocksure superior way.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

In his operations he was a cocksure individual, Mr. Craig was!
Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day

And he also will learn not to be cocksure and jump at conclusions.
Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin

Gladstone was remarking but the other day, ‘Harding was always so cocksure.’
Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes

I was so taken aback,” he explained; “he was so ignorant, so cocksure, that he made me mad.
Extract from : « The White Mice » by Richard Harding Davis

Of a cocksure, ambitious boy just breaking out of leading strings?
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

He was so cocksure of himself and of her that he could not believe she was in earnest.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn » by Robert Machray

"It's Jos all the time," declared Jack, cocksure of the fact.
Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton

It may have been they were cocksure of their power to score again when they chose.
Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb

I think they're not more than half right, though they're so cocksure.
Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

Synonyms for cocksure

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