confident.
Very sure of something; positive.
Meaning & usage
Very sure of something; positive.
I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally.
He was confident of success.
Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
Forward, impudent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.
Obsolete form of confidant.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.
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