Overconfident
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Too confident.
"The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident."
- 2 Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.
Adjective
- 1 marked by excessive confidence wordnet
Example
More examples"You should be careful not to become overconfident."
Etymology
From over- + confident.