The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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Cocksure
Synonyms for "cocksure" (36 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- наперен adj (overconfident)
- самонадеян adj (overconfident)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 串 adj (overconfident)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自負 /自负 adj (overconfident)
Finnish
1 entries- itsevarma adj (overconfident)
Polish
1 entries- pewny siebie adj (overconfident)
Russian
1 entries- самоуве́ренный adj (overconfident)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kiêu ngạo adj (overconfident)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is cocksure.
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Some of us are a little too much inclined to be cocksure.
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I thought myself cocksure of his horse, which he readily promis'd me.
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