Confident
['kɒnfɪd(ə)nt] or ['kɑnfɪdənt]
Definition
(adj.) not liable to error in judgment or action; 'most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression'- Walter Lippman; 'demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent'- Michiko Kakutani .
(adj.) having or marked by confidence or assurance; 'a confident speaker'; 'a confident reply'; 'his manner is more confident these days'; 'confident of fulfillment' .
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Definition
(n.) See Confidant.
Checker: Marge
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Assured, certain, sure, positive, COCKSURE, fully convinced.[2]. Bold, presumptuous, sanguine.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Positive, assured, sure, certain, impudent, bold, sanguine
ANT:[See CERTAIN]
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Examples
- Reassured by her mistress' confident tone, Eliza proceeded nimbly and adroitly with her toilet, laughing at her own fears, as she proceeded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I had been so confident of regaining the treaty at once that I had not dared to think of what would be the consequence if I failed to do so. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- This man did not look like a traitor, though he had an exceedingly self-confident and conceited air. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he became less confident, on looking, and directed the bearers to 'bring him to the nearest doctor's shop. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Especially when the critical stage was passed, and he began to feel confident of Fred's recovery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That woman, I am quite sure and confident, will be our mother-in-law. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She recognised the whole of Lucy in the message, and was very confident that Edward would never come near them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She must be confident here, for God knows, she felt rejected and deficient enough elsewhere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had saved his body, he said, and he was confident she did not mean to peril his soul. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are pretty confident, though,' said Mr. Perker, sinking his voice almost to a whisper. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Thoughtful Mr. Bucket is, as a man may be with weighty work to do, but composed, sure, confident. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am confident that all the drums and trumpets of a royal army, beating and sounding together just at your ears, could not equal it. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It was a crushing and exorbitant peace, dictated with the utmost arrogance of confident victors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was very handsome, flushed, and confident in dreadful knowledge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Her voice was always dispassionate and tense, and perfectly confident. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He and Thomas, the clerk, they were confident, must have gone last night to join Mr. Moore and the soldiers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You are confident that the thief came in a cab? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The very mysteriousness of such a cure made her the more confident of its efficacy. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I am very confident, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I think I have made a start,' said Mr. Dick, passing his hand among his grey hair, and casting anything but a confident look at his manuscript. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But now she had grown more sensitive to criticism and less confident in her power of disarming it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But to Gerald it sounded as if he were insistent rather than confident. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- If there were a hidden meaning in it, I was confident that I could pluck it forth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The practicability of this plan has undergone much discussion; its friends and foes being equally confident in their opinions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I am confident that she would have performed delightfully. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He swaggered up a path as if as if the place belonged to him, and we heard his loud, confident peal at the bell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had the art of giving self-confidence to the embarrassed, but she was not equally sure of being able to embarrass the self-confident. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I don't pretend to know how the point of law may stand, but I'm thoroughly confident upon the point of fact. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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