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Overconfident

//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 2
    Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.
Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by excessive confidence wordnet

Etymology

From over- + confident.

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