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self-assured
[self-uh-shoord]
self-assured
adjective
confident of one's own worth
Other Word Forms
- self-assuredness noun
- ˌ-ˈܰԱ noun
- ˌ-ˈܰ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-assured1
Example Sentences
There’s the nerdy caretaker, the self-assured artist, the damaged orchard worker, the bored DJ and the literature professor who thinks she’s French.
Ask a roomful of nonnas for their take on the perfect Sunday gravy — each with her own self-assured, no-nonsense stance — and you’ll get just as many takes on baked spaghetti.
He’s the least self-assured of the three, and has eyebrows that are designed to express worry.
The self-assured world champion has the potential to make waves – in the ring and commercially - for years to come.
"I always appeared cocky and self-assured," she said, "but to be invited to Downing Street for something so historically important was quite a formidable experience for me."
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