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[ oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt ] / ˈoʊ vərˈkɒn fɪ dənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overconfident ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of overconfidentFirst recorded in 1610–20; over- + confident SYNONYMS FOR overconfidentcocksure, brash, arrogant, reckless, heedless. SEE SYNONYMS FOR overconfident ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM overconfidento·ver·con·fi·dence, nouno·ver·con·fi·dent·ly, adverbWords nearby overconfidentovercome, overcommit, overcompensate, overcompensation, overcomplex, overconfident, overconsumption, overcook, overcorrection, overcritical, overcrop Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overconfidentOverconfident and mistaken: that is not the stuff of which successful prime ministers are made. Justin! Why Trudeau's Heir Isn't Ready|David Frum|April 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST In 2012, these same people came back again, as overconfident and unchastened as ever. Republicans Allowed Karl Rove to Mislead Them Again|Matt Latimer|November 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST But we have had discussions about how maybe Tel Aviv residents are overconfident. Tel Aviv Appears Indifferent, Unprepared on Iran War Threat|Dan Ephron|March 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST They should, he said, be neither boastful and overconfident nor despondent and hopeless. Why Is the Libya War Called Operation Odyssey Dawn?|Josh Dzieza|March 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps after years they have gotten sloppy and overconfident. Inside Spying's Famous Scandals|Stella Rimington|July 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST The preliminary encounter was a mortifying experience for the sextet of overconfident youth. The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen The Reds' long undisputed sway over the Mongol forces would make them overconfident. The Defiant Agents|Andre Alice Norton There was no bashfulness in him, and no overconfident forwardness. Dominie Dean|Ellis Parker Butler "You are overconfident, my friend," sneered the elder Pulsifer. The Dreadnought Boys on Battle Practice|John Henry Goldfrap Nothing could better illustrate the rash, overconfident spirit in which Howe proceeded to carry out his southern scheme. The American Revolution|John Fiske
British Dictionary definitions for overconfidentDerived forms of overconfidentoverconfidence, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overconfidentbrash, pushy, presumptuous, careless, cocky, reckless, cocksure, foolhardy, heedless, impudent, overweening, presuming, rash, self-assertive, hubristic |