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cocky

adjective as in overly self-assured

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A U.S. ambassador to the region called him “rude” and “cocky” in a diplomatic cable later revealed by WikiLeaks.

Mike was cocky and overconfident and Jordan was just concerned with Megan’s happiness.

When I was a kid, people thought I was cocky, but I was just confident.

Jacob cockily admits that he expects—wants—the night to end in some kind of violent confrontation, it hardly matters with whom.

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