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What is the adjective for cocky?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb cock which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

cocked
  1. (informal) drunk
  2. (vulgar, in combination) Having a specified form or penis or a specific number of penises
  3. Synonyms:
      4. upright, vertical, perpendicular, erect, plumb, standing, raised, upstanding, straight, upended, rampant, rearing, steep, upward, sheer, perky, stand-up, on end, straight-up, standing up, bolt upright, straight up, straight up and down, standing at attention, up-and-down, straight down, firm, rigid, elevated, stiff, arrect, erectile, bristling, pricked-up, standing up on end, erected, on one's feet, in a standing position, up and down, at right angles, unbent, unbowed … more
cocky
  1. Overly confident, arrogant and boastful.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. arrogant, bold, presumptuous, insolent, cheeky, impudent, conceited, audacious, impertinent, brash, pompous, brazen, haughty, overweening, proud, forward, smug, fresh, egotistical, sassy, vain, saucy, cocksure, supercilious, vainglorious, bumptious, disdainful, lordly, nervy, brassy, lofty, overconfident, boastful, wise, swaggering, patronising, patronizing, uppish, opinionated, confident, hubristic, brassbound, arch, blustering, smarty, sure, positive, hotshot, certain, jaunty … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He is a confident lad, cocky like most of those who can turn their hand to genius, but nonetheless likable for it.”
cocking
  1. (vulgar) offensive or worthless
cockier
  1. comparative form of cocky: more cocky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bolder, cheekier, brasher, haughtier, prouder, smugger, fresher, sassier, vainer, saucier, lordlier, nervier, brassier, loftier, wiser, archer, surer, jauntier, high and mightier, more arrogant, more presumptuous, more insolent, more impudent, more conceited, more audacious, more impertinent, more pompous, more brazen, more overweening, more egotistical, more cocksure, more supercilious, more vainglorious, more bumptious, more disdainful, more overconfident, more boastful, more swaggering, more patronising, more patronizing, more uppish, more opinionated, more confident, more hubristic, more blustering, more positive, more hotshot, more certain, more self-important, more self-assertive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “It's Bread Week on Bake Off this week, which can only mean one thing: an even cockier Paul Hollywood than usual.”
      “The confidence that was temporarily humbled now returned with a cockier attitude.”
      “Hodges has made a great fool of himself, by getting gradually cockier and cockier.”
cockiest
  1. superlative form of cocky: most cocky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. boldest, cheekiest, brashest, haughtiest, proudest, smuggest, freshest, sassiest, vainest, sauciest, lordliest, nerviest, brassiest, loftiest, wisest, archest, surest, jauntiest, high and mightiest, most arrogant, most presumptuous, most insolent, most impudent, most conceited, most audacious, most impertinent, most pompous, most brazen, most overweening, most egotistical, most cocksure, most supercilious, most vainglorious, most bumptious, most disdainful, most overconfident, most boastful, most swaggering, most patronising, most patronizing, most uppish, most opinionated, most confident, most hubristic, most blustering, most positive, most hotshot, most certain, most self-important, most self-assertive … more
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