Cocksure and Embarrassed

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Cocksure adjective - Displaying or marked by rude boldness.

Usage example: his cocksure assertion that he could bed any woman of his choice

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Embarrassed is an antonym for cocksure.

Embarrassed adjective - Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.

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Cocksure is an antonym for embarrassed.

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Embarrassed and Cocksure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cocksure/embarrassed

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