overconfident
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overconfident
- /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
adjective more overconfident · most overconfident
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Too confident.
The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident.
Similar: overweening · Opposite: underconfident, unconfident
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Presumptuous, cocksure, rude, and disrespectful.
Near-synonyms: insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky
Similar: overweening, arrogant, insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky · Opposite: underconfident, unconfident, meek, timid
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adj too confident
| Español | confiado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 過於自信的 /过于自信的 guòyú zìxìn de |
| Français | outrecuidant, présomptueux |
| Deutsch | stolz, überheblich, vermessen, anmaßend |
adj presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful
| 中文 | 無禮的 /无礼的 wúlǐ de |
|---|---|
| Français | arrogant, présomptueux, condescendant, sec |
| Deutsch | anmaßend, überheblich, vermessen, dreist, unbescheiden, arrogant |
| Русский | самонаде́янный samonadéjannyj |
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title = {overconfident},
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