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self-assured

[ self-uh-shoord ]

/ ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊərd /

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adjective

self-confident.

Origin of self-assured

First recorded in 1705–15

SYNONYMS FOR self-assured

assured, confident, cocky, positive.

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OTHER WORDS FROM self-assured

self-as·sur·ed·ness

[self-uh-shoor-id-nis] /ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊər ɪd nɪs/, noun

Words nearby self-assured

self-antigen, self-appointed, self-assertion, self-assessment, self-assurance, self-assured, self-aware, self-awareness, self-basting, self-bias, self-binder

Example sentences from the Web for self-assured

And he says that with something he does share with Christopher—a tone of absolute, self-assured certainty.

The Brit Who Stormed Broadway |Tim Teeman |December 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was vibrant, passionate, compassionate, determined, courageous, self-assured, and present.

Libyan Activist Pays Tribute To Slain Spiritual Sister |Anonymous |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Gia Coppola sounds surprisingly tentative for someone who has made such a self-assured first feature.

The Next Great Coppola |Caryn James |May 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The remarkable success of “Do What U Want,” is its self-assured straightforwardness.

Lady Gaga and R. Kelly’s ‘Do What U Want’ Is Pure Pop Heaven |Kevin Fallon |October 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Simultaneously self-obsessed and self-assured, they think they know everything and look upon their elders with disdain.

Millennial Workers Want Flexibility and Mentorship From Skeptical Managers |Miranda Green |September 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I snubbed him unmercifully, but he was one of those self-satisfied, self-assured creatures incapable of taking a snubbing.

A Book of Ghosts |Sabine Baring-Gould
So self-assured, so certain of thy power, It shall come on thee with a swift surprise.

Yesterdays |Ella Wheeler Wilcox
He was a slim young fellow with a quiet, self-assured manner and a clean-cut face, lighted by a pair of frank, blue eyes.

John Marvel, Assistant |Thomas Nelson Page
It favors babblers and the self-assured, and does not enable the timid to show themselves at their best.

John Bull, Junior |Max O'Rell
They were quiet, but they were self-assured and gave the impression that they could take care of themselves anywhere.

We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run |James Arthur Kjelgaard

British Dictionary definitions for self-assured

self-assured

adjective

confident of one's own worth

Derived forms of self-assured

self-assuredly, adverb self-assuredness, noun