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View synonyms for ˈcockiness

ˈcockiness

/ ˈkɒkɪnɪs /

noun

  1. conceited self-assurance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

It is about an hour into our interview, but it is not the first sign of frat-boy cockiness veiled in jokes.

But the fact of the matter is, not even his cockiness can take away from the catchiness of his music.

It struck me at one time that there was a good deal of cockiness on that side of the Atlantic, that has entirely disappeared.

They had long regarded our Government as ignorant of European affairs and amateurish in its cockiness.

There is a self-sufficient "cockiness" about him that soars above all compromise and defers to nothing and to nobody.

The captain went from cockiness to doubt, from doubt to anxiety, and then to anguished fury.

More startling was the selfsame hairline scar traversing his cheek; the same touch of cockiness in the set of his face.

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