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Overconfident (poll)

Fri Sep 24, 2004 at 03:30:23 PM PDT

After commenting on this diary, Bush confident about debates, I got to thinking. I went to my synonyms dictionary, and found this entry oddly satisfying.

So here, for your enjoyment...

overconfident, adj. 1. cocksure, dead certain, too certain; arrogant, brazen, audacious, impertinent; swaggering, blustering, push, bumptious, self-assertive, self-assured, self-assuming, imperious, overbearing, egotistic, lofty, toplofty, condescending, vainglorious, conceited, high-and-mighty, pompous, self-important, riding for a fall....

  1. brash, hasty, precipitate, pell-mell, impetuous, impulsive, unrestrained, ungoverned, head-over-heels, reckless, risky, incautious, careless, unwary.

  2. foolhardy, harebrained, thoughtless, regardless, careless, shortsighted, daring, spontaneous, unpremeditated, injudicious, unwise; ill-considered, ill-advised, impolitic, indiscreet.
Poll

Which is the best word to describe Bush?

7%4 votes
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