Antonyms for assured
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : uh-shoo rd, uh-shurd |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd |
Definition of assured
Origin :- of persons, "confident, self-assured," late 14c., past participle adjective from assure. Related: Assuredly; assuredness.
- adj absolutely certain
- adj confident
- But Mr. Paine assured her that letters were likely to be irregular, and there was no ground for alarm.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The captain had assured him that neither his wife nor son knew aught of his savings.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "You grow dearer every minute," she assured them on her last night at home.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- And there was a certain something in the sound of them that assured her that they rose in the house.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He would certainly find her at the cottage, Dixon assured him.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Assured that it was only a wife that Timmins lacked, he sighed relief.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- The flutter of the departing skirt, as he came into the room, assured him it was one of these.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- They had assured a definite proportion, a definite position.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Every man and woman in that place, they assured me, had such a necklet.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- I assured her that she should be permitted to light my fire.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for assured
- assertive
- audacious
- beyond doubt
- bold
- brazen
- certain
- cinched
- clear-cut
- clinched
- cocksure
- collected
- complacent
- composed
- confident
- confirmed
- cool
- decided
- definite
- dependable
- ensured
- fixed
- guaranteed
- gung ho
- gutsy
- high
- imperturbable
- in the bag
- indubitable
- insured
- irrefutable
- made certain
- nailed down
- on ice
- overconfident
- poised
- positive
- pronounced
- puffed up
- pumped up
- pushy
- racked
- rosy
- sanguine
- sealed
- secure
- self-assured
- self-confident
- self-possessed
- set
- settled
- sewed up
- sure
- surefire
- undoubted
- unflappable
- unhesitating
- unquestionable
- upbeat
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