Reverse Dictionary: CONFIDENCE

ADJECTIVES
1340 ► SANGUINIAN confident, hopeful → obs.
1340 ► SICKER confident, having a sense of security → obs.
1616 ► FULL-HEARTED confident, zealous, courageous 
1634 ► FEARLESS confident of; without doubt about → obs.
1648 ► POT-SURE full of confidence and boldness through drinking → obs.
1673 ► SANGUINE confident or hopeful with reference to some particular issue 
1790 ► POLLRUMPTIOUS → POLRUMPTIOUS foolishly confident, restive, rude, unruly, obstreperous → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► ABOVE ONESELF over-confident, pushy, esp. of someone who is usually more self-effacing → sl.
19C.. ► COCKSHOUS self-confident, conceited → Eng. dial.
1808 ► MAKINT confident, assured, bold, brazen → Sc.
1826 ► UPHEADED self-confident, arrogant, haughty, conceited → Amer. dial.
1835 ► TOO BIG FOR ONE’S BRITCHES disturbingly confident; unacceptably cocky → Amer. dial.
1842 ► SANGUINE-NERVOUS partly confident and partly nervous 
1847 ► SANGUINEOUS confident, hopeful 
1885 ► TOPPING confident, boastful; domineering → US
1897 ► NERVY confident, cool, impudent 
20C.. ► CAN-DO confident and resourceful in the face of challenges → sl., orig. US
1990 ► IN A ZONE confident, self-assured → sl.

ADVERBS
1898 ► BETWIXT YOU AND ME AND THE GATE confidently, between ourselves → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1388 ► WITH OPEN FACE confidently, frankly; also, brazenly → obs.
1653 ► SANGUINELY confidently, hopefully 
1205 ► SICKER confidently, safely; with security → obs.
1205 ► SICKERLY confidently, with assurance → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1641 ► AFFIANTLY confidently, with trust → obs.
20C.. ► BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND JACK MUM in confidence; secretly → Irish sl.
1830 ► BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST told in confidence → sl.
1903 ► MAKINTLY with confidence, ease, and assurance → Sc.
1175 ► FASTLY with confidence; firmly, unwaveringly, steadfastly → obs.

INTERJECTIONS/PHRASES
1387 ► A COCK CROWS LOUDEST ON HIS OWN DUNGHILL one will always be most confident or assertive in the place or situation in which one feels most at home or at ease, or when dealing with a subject or area with which one is familiar or comfortable 
1830 ► BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST in all confidence or secrecy 
20C.. ► NO WORRIES! an expression of confidence that all will go well → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► NO WUCKERS! an expression of confidence that all will go well → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► NO WUCKING FURRIES! an expression of confidence that all will go well → Aust. sl.
20C.. ► NO WUCKS!  an expression of confidence that all will go well → Aust. sl.
1963 ► I’LL BET YOU A FAT MAN used for expressing supreme confidence → US sl.
1990 ► FIVE WILL GET YOU TEN used for an expression of confidence in the assertion that follows → US sl.

NOUNS
1400 ► LEVENESS confidence, faith → obs.
1483 ► AFFIANCE confidence generally; assurance → obs.
1537 ► FACE great confidence; insolent boldness; effrontery, nerve → colloq.
1610 ► IMPUDENCY cool confidence; freedom from shamefastness → obs.
1829 ► READSHIP → REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability → Eng. dial.
1832 ► UPHEADEDNESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► CHERRY lack of confidence or experience → Amer. sl.
1963 ► UPHEADINESS self-confidence, arrogance, conceit, haughtiness → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1557 ► YOUNG BLOOD a confident, high-spirited young man; a lively, vigorous, or energetic young man 
1792 ► YOUNG LION a confident, strong, energetic young man 
1828 ► BIT OF STUFF a man with full confidence in his appearance and abilities; a conceited, dressy young man → UK sl.
1895 ► BIT OF MUSLIN a girl confident of herself → Aust. criminals’ sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1375 ► BASH  to destroy the confidence or self-possession of; to daunt, to dismay, to discomfit; to disconcert, to put out of countenance, to abash → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1440 ► BETRUST to place confidence in a person; to trust → obs.
1532 ► DIFFIDE to want confidence or faith; to have or feel distrust 
1815 ► SWEAR BY to have full confidence in something → sl.
1835 ► BE TOO BIG FOR ONE’S BRITCHES to feel disturbingly confident, important, or independent → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► FANCY ONE’S CHANCES to feel confident of success 
1916 ► DO IN THE BLOCK to lose confidence; to become flustered, excited or angry → sl.
1918 ► SIT UP LIKE JACKIE → SIT UP LIKE JACKY to sit with confidence; to behave properly → Aust. & NZ sl.
1927 ► FEEL ONE’S KEEPING to feel confident, ambitious → Amer. dial.
1930 ► FALL APART to lose one’s usual confidence and poise → sl.
1966 ► FEEL ONE’S KEEP to feel confident, ambitious → Amer. dial.
1966 ► HAVE BRASS ON ONE’S FACE to be over-confident, forward, or bold → Amer. dial.