as in wise
displaying or marked by rude boldness
a cocky young actor who thought that he was God's gift to the theater
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Recent Examples of cocky
But Pacquiao had style and substance and a swagger that was somewhat more confidently good-natured than cocky.
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Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The former congressman, chief of staff to President Barack Obama and mayor of Chicago is brash, a touch cocky and frequently profane.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Confident Communication Confident communication skills are not to be confused with being cocky or arrogant.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
So far Gabe seems to be feeling pretty cocky about squaring up against his machine replacement.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
The former congressman, chief of staff to President Barack Obama and mayor of Chicago is brash, a touch cocky and frequently profane.
—Motoko Rich, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Confident Communication Confident communication skills are not to be confused with being cocky or arrogant.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
So far Gabe seems to be feeling pretty cocky about squaring up against his machine replacement.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cocky
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Find someone who can be a sounding board and wise adviser with high mutual trust.Gregory Crawford, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Gia Coppola, Anderson was joined by a stellar cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Shelly's wise and fiercely loyal best friend Annette; Dave Bautista as stage manager Eddie; Billie Lourd as Shelly's daughter Hannah and Shipka and Song as dancers Jodie and Mary-Anne.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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No brand should be so cocksure as to presume its products are irreplaceable.Cate Rubenstein, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
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Nayeri’s demeanor — usually cocksure — became unhinged.Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
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The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
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Her subversive and dominating personality, and sometimes insolent rhetoric in her active X presence set her apart from the likes of other female AI chatbots, such as Siri whose aim is to assist and serve.Fatemeh Fannizadeh, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Videos of the hippo’s sassy personality and bouncy antics went viral in September, aided by her zookeeper at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo sharing daily footage of her on Instagram.Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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But what’s propelled her to stardom is her sassy personality: sitting in her mom’s food bowl, biting her zookeeper, charging around her enclosure, and screaming.Rob Reddick, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024
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High-profile mass shootings at the Crown Center shopping center and the Chiefs Super Bowl victory rally at Union Station heralded a violent start to the year for Kansas City in 2024, shocking the public with their brazen nature and widespread impact.Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
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The big picture: UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty spoke at length Thursday about the brazen public shooting of Brian Thompson — who led the UnitedHealthcare division — and the company's role in the industry.Nathan Bomey, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
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Bloomberg/Getty Images The Biden administration announced a bold and controversial new export control scheme today, designed to prevent the advanced chips and artificial intelligence models themselves from ending up in the hands of adversaries such as China.Will Knight, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Breathing new life into a space that struggled to find its footing in the past, Chef Cabrera has brought a bold new vision to the table, blending Napa’s storied food scene with refreshing coastal flavors that undeniably deserve recognition in the culinary world.Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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And the most entertaining among that season 2 cast was a brash 28-year-old physician named Will Kirby.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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The brash, self-determining, self-reliant figure Hurston conjures up as the prototype of the Jew is Hurston herself, a woman who would not let others tell her how to live.Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Cocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocky. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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