cocky
Brash and smug
Cocky describes someone arrogant and overly self-confident, strutting like a rooster: He's gotten cocky since his promotion.
The word implies swagger and bravado, often unearned.
A cocky attitude might be charming in small doses but grating in excess.
Disdainfully proud
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
egotistical · supercilious · overbearing · snobbish · disdainful · vainglorious · overweening · full of oneself
Playfully disrespectful
- impudentDisrespectfully bold
- insolentBoldly rude and disrespectful
- brazenShamelessly bold
- boldCourageous and daring
saucy · sassy · impertinent · pert · fresh · mouthy · smart-alecky · flip
Offensively self-assertive
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- presumptuousOverstepping appropriate boundaries
gung-ho · rash · imprudent · cavalier · hasty · hotheaded · daredevil · impetuous
Walking with exaggerated pride
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
bravado · peacocking · preening · flaunting · showy · ostentatious · hotdogging · grandstanding
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- smugExcessively self-satisfied
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
pompous · egotistical · supercilious · overbearing · snobbish · disdainful · vainglorious · overweening · full of oneself · high and mighty
cheeky
Playfully disrespectful
bold · saucy · sassy · impertinent · pert · fresh · mouthy · smart-alecky · flip · lippy
brash
Offensively self-assertive
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
presumptuous · gung-ho · rash · imprudent · cavalier · hasty · hotheaded · daredevil · impetuous · headstrong
strutting
Walking with exaggerated pride
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- showboatingOstentatious self-display
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
swaggering · bravado · peacocking · preening · flaunting · showy · ostentatious · hotdogging · grandstanding · show-off
- slang traitsbossy, brainy, bubbly, chatty, cheeky
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- attitudespositive, negative, ambition, apathy, curiosity
- shamelessshameless, brazen, unabashed, barefaced, unapologetic
- tough traitstough, resilient, fearless, brave, courageous
cockyhumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · meek · self-deprecating · unassuming · self-effacing
- cock-and-bull storyAbsurd, implausible fabrication
- cock blockSabotage romantic attempt
- sucked cockOral stimulation of penis
- cock upBritish term for mistake
- weather cockWind direction indicator
- cock fightingRoosters made to battle