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Her portrait shows a young woman who’s self-assured but not cocky, just uncertain enough about life and the world to help us navigate it too.

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Among other remarks, Rogozin has said that NASA should not get too cocky about its newfound access to space in case SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehicle "breaks."

During the second snow of the next year, we got cocky and took on too many customers.

It’s Bugs Bunny, in fact, who seems to channel Gashouse Gang star pitcher Dizzy Dean, with his cocky persona and homespun personality.

Where are you going to, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles?

Peter and Prince were the dearest dogs, and Cocky was a parrot that could say the most amusing things.

I got to know of this affair through Robbins' backing up of Cocky, and telling Urquhart that nobody was afraid of him.

“Cocky,” he said bravely, without a quiver of fear or flight, when Michael had charged upon him at sight to destroy him.

So Kwaque remained in the two rooms, cooking and housekeeping for his master and caring for Michael and Cocky.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cocky, such as: arrogant, brash, cocksure, overconfident, presumptuous, and self-confident.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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