cocksure

• Selbstsicher oder überheblich auf die eigene Meinung oder die eigenen Fähigkeiten vertrauend, oft in übertriebener oder anmaßender Weise.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is arrogantly or overconfidently certain of their own opinions or abilities.

1. OverconfidentC1informal

   Marked by excessive or arrogant confidence, often without proper justification.

   Selbstüberschätzung

   • He was cocksure about winning the debate, but he lost badly.
   • Her cocksure attitude annoyed her colleagues.
   • The young manager was too cocksure to listen to advice.

   Synonymearrogantbrashcockyconceitedoverconfidentoverweeningpresumptuousself-assertivesmug

   Antonymediffidentfearfulhumbleinsecuremeekmodesttimiduncertainunsure