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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: COCK12

cocky

 adjective
     
cock‧y informal
too confident about yourself and your abilities, especially in a way that annoys other people:
He's a cocky little man and I don't like him.
—cockily adverb
—cockiness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: confident WORD FOCUS: confident
confident about your abilities: confident, self-confident, sure of yourself, assured, poised
too confident: overconfident, cocky, brash
not confident: lack confidence, be insecure, be unsure of yourself

➔ See also confident
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