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Synonyms for cockiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kok-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒk i |
Top 10 synonyms for cockiness Other synonyms for the word cockiness
- adventuresomeness
- archness
- arrogance
- assumption
- assurance
- audaciousness
- big head
- big-headedness
- bigheadedness
- boastfulness
- boldness
- bragging
- brashness
- brass
- brassiness
- braveness
- brazenness
- cheek
- cheekiness
- chutzpah
- cockiness
- conceit
- conceitedness
- condescension
- contemptuousness
- contumely
- courageousness
- crust
- daredevilry
- daredeviltry
- daringness
- defiance
- discourtesy
- disdainfulness
- disrespect
- disrespectfulness
- effrontery
- egoism
- egotism
- face
- familiarity
- flightiness
- forwardness
- freshness
- frivolity
- grandioseness
- grandiosity
- gutsiness
- hardiness
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- hubris
- huff
- immodesty
- imperiousness
- impertinence
- impishness
- impudence
- impudency
- incivility
- insolence
- large hat size
- levity
- lightness
- loftiness
- mischievousness
- moxie
- narcissism
- nerve
- nerviness
- ostentation
- overbearance
- overconfidence
- patronage
- pertness
- playfulness
- pluck
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pragmatism
- presumptuousness
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pride
- proud flesh
- pushiness
- roguishness
- rudeness
- salt
- sass
- sassiness
- sauciness
- self-exaltation
- self-importance
- self-love
- shamelessness
- smugness
- snobbery
- strutting
- stuck-upness
- stuff
- superbity
- superciliousness
- swagger
- swelled head
- swelled-headedness
- temerity
- vaingloriousness
- vainglory
- valiance
- vanity
- venturesomeness
- venturousness
- volatility
- waggishness
Définition of cockiness
Origin :- "arrogantly pert," 1768; originally "lecherous" (1540s); from cock (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Cockiness.
- As in assumption : noun arrogance
- As in audacity : noun arrogance, presumptuousness
- As in pride : noun arrogance, self-importance
- As in vainglory : noun pride
- As in swelled head : noun inflated self-opinion
- As in daring : noun boldness
- As in nerviness : noun impudence
- As in overconfidence : noun impudence
- As in pertness : noun impudence
- As in presumptuousness : noun impudence
- As in pretentiousness : noun self-importance
- As in pushiness : noun impudence
- As in sassiness : noun impudence
- As in sauciness : noun impudence
- As in uppishness : noun impudence
- As in uppityness : noun impudence
- As in venturesomeness : noun daring
- As in venturousness : noun daring
- As in flippancy : noun irreverence
- As in hubris : noun arrogance
- "The Forts and Libs will make it through," Weather said with a lot of cockiness.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- He regained his cockiness on the trip home, though, and insisted on talking all the way.
- Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
- His polite and affable smiling, his cockiness and his suavity—all these were part of a pose.
- Extract from : « Gargoyles » by Ben Hecht
- It struck me at one time that there was a good deal of cockiness on that side of the Atlantic, that has entirely disappeared.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 » by Various
- They had long regarded our Government as ignorant of European affairs and amateurish in its cockiness.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I » by Burton J. Hendrick
- There is a self-sufficient "cockiness" about him that soars above all compromise and defers to nothing and to nobody.
- Extract from : « The Haunts of Old Cockaigne » by Alex Thompson
- The captain went from cockiness to doubt, from doubt to anxiety, and then to anguished fury.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- More startling was the selfsame hairline scar traversing his cheek; the same touch of cockiness in the set of his face.
- Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
Antonyms for cockiness
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