cockier
cockier is the comparative form of cocky.
Meaning of cocky
Adjective
cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- And now I think I may be cocky, / Since fortune has ſmurtl'd on me, / I'm Jenny, an' ye ſhall be Jockie, / 'Tis right we together ſud be; [...]1794, Alexander Ross; [Joseph Ritson, compiler], “Song XXVII. What Ails the Lasses at Me. […] [Billet by Jeany Gradden.]”, in Scotish Songs. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for J[oseph]...
- Synonyms:
- airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful, lordly
Questions about cockier
- What is cockier the comparative form of?
- Cockier is the comparative form of cocky.
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