"overconfident" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ Forms: more overconfident [comparative], most overconfident [superlative]
Etymology: over- + confident Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|confident}} over- + confident Head templates: {{en-adj}} overconfident (comparative more overconfident, superlative most overconfident)
  1. Too confident. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (too confident): tro memfida (Esperanto), tro memcerta (Esperanto), tro certa (Esperanto), itsevarma (Finnish), liian itsevarma (Finnish), outrecuidant (French), présomptueux (French), stolz (German), überheblich (German), vermessen (German), anmaßend (German), 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (untilamalsks) (Gothic), praefīdens (Latin), whakatoatoa (Maori), confiado (Spanish), övermodig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overconfident-en-adj-Y4ZB4KXj Disambiguation of Personality: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'too confident': 95 5
  2. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: overweening Translations (presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful): overmoedig (Dutch), itsevarma (Finnish), arrogant (French), présomptueux (French), condescendant (French), sec (French), anmaßend (German), überheblich (German), vermessen (German), dreist (German), unbescheiden (German), arrogant (German), unhöflich (German), respektlos (German), verächtlich (German), unverschämt (German), самонаде́янный (samonadéjannyj) (Russian), tvärsäker (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-overconfident-en-adj-iLPE-Tk1 Disambiguation of Personality: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'presumptuous, cocksure, rude, disrespectful': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky

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