Get to know Cockiness better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like bumptiousness or pushiness.
Cockiness in a sentence
Cockiness meaning
The state or quality of being cocky.
Synonyms of Cockiness
Using Cockiness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state or quality of being cocky.
- Useful related words include: bumptiousness, pushiness, forwardness, assertiveness.
- In the example corpus, cockiness often appears in combinations such as: his cockiness, cockiness or.
Context around Cockiness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cockiness
- In this selection, "cockiness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, annoying, tacky, initial, perfectly, costing and makes stand out and add context to how "cockiness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and tacky cockiness and call it cockiness or confidence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cockiness" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cockiness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Obama’s cockiness over his campaign in 2012 may need to be checked. (13 words)
But don’t forget that there is a fine line between attractive confidence and tacky cockiness. (16 words)
Like Thor, his cockiness makes him who he is, and retaining it has more comedic and dramatic potential. (18 words)
It was also good to see them finally address Cena’s cockiness costing him the match last year, which helped plant seeds of doubt that it’s a foregone conclusion Cena will win at Mania. (35 words)
His response was a lot of what I had heard before from him about his convictions about Ukraine, and in many ways, his cockiness about Russia’s ability to enforce its will on Ukraine. (34 words)
His initial cockiness is not necessarily in the later seasons, or if so, it’s this weird, sublimated, internalized thing, where he’s a hard shell of a human being. (30 words)
Do you think surviving everything that’s happened to him gave him a sense of cockiness or a sense that nothing could take him out? (25 words)
Example sentences (12)
His response was a lot of what I had heard before from him about his convictions about Ukraine, and in many ways, his cockiness about Russia’s ability to enforce its will on Ukraine.
Marvel is a terribly loathsome figure, and Quaid goes all-in, portraying the character's annoying cockiness to a tee.
After making amends with Barry, Ralph would join Team Flash as Elongated Man where his cockiness perfectly contrasted with Barry's more serious and heroic nature.
Do you think surviving everything that’s happened to him gave him a sense of cockiness or a sense that nothing could take him out?
Obama’s cockiness over his campaign in 2012 may need to be checked.
But don’t forget that there is a fine line between attractive confidence and tacky cockiness.
He had said then: “Call it cockiness or confidence but I have faith in the Aussies (Smith) to bring home the goods.
His cockiness and sometimes disruptive nature is a turnoff to some but an asset in the eyes of others.
His initial cockiness is not necessarily in the later seasons, or if so, it’s this weird, sublimated, internalized thing, where he’s a hard shell of a human being.
It is a measure of the ruling class’s crassness and cockiness that Marcus would even think to write such a piece, much less take so much pride in it.
It was also good to see them finally address Cena’s cockiness costing him the match last year, which helped plant seeds of doubt that it’s a foregone conclusion Cena will win at Mania.
Like Thor, his cockiness makes him who he is, and retaining it has more comedic and dramatic potential.
Common combinations with cockiness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his cockiness 4×
- cockiness or 2×