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cockiness
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | brass, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceit, imperiousness, insolence, nerve, presumption, pride, sass, self-importance |
| Antonyms: | genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flippancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irreverence |
| Synonyms: | archness, cheek, cheekiness, cockiness, disrespectfulness, flightiness, freshness, frivolity, impertinence, impishness, impudence, levity, lightness, mischievousness, pertness, playfulness, roguishness, rudeness, sauciness, volatility, waggishness |
| Antonyms: | courtesy, respect, reverence, seriousness |
| Main Entry: | hubris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, brass, cheek, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdain, insolence, loftiness, nerve, ostentation, overbearance, pomposity, pompousness, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, vanity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
| Synonyms: | airs, assumption, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vanity |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | vainglory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pride |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, big-headedness, boastfulness, bragging, cockiness, conceit, condescension, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, huff, overconfidence, patronage, presumption, pretension, self-importance, smugness, snobbery, strutting, swagger, swelled head, vanity |
| Main Entry: | swelled head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | big head, cockiness, immodesty, large hat size, stuck-upness, swelled-headedness |
| Main Entry: | daring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | adventuresomeness, adventurousness, audaciousness, audacity, brassiness, braveness, cheek, cockiness, courageousness, daredevilry, daredeviltry, daringness, fearlessness, grit, guts, impudence, nerve, pluck, salt, spunk, valiance, venturesomeness |
| Main Entry: | nerviness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impudence |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah*, cockiness, crust, defiance, discourtesy, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, guts*, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, moxie*, nerve, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness, shamelessness, spunk*, stuff*, temerity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overconfidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impudence |
| Synonyms: | assumption, assurance, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah*, cockiness, crust, defiance, discourtesy, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, guts*, gutsiness, hardiness, impertinence, impudency, incivility, insolence, moxie*, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness, shamelessness, spunk*, stuff*, temerity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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