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presumptuous
[ pri-zuhmp-choo-uhs ]
adjective
- full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
Synonyms: arrogant, fresh, audacious, impertinent
Antonyms: unassuming, modest
- unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.
Synonyms: arrogant, fresh, audacious, impertinent
Antonyms: unassuming, modest
- Obsolete. presumptive.
presumptuous
/ prɪˈzʌmptjʊəs /
adjective
- characterized by presumption or tending to presume; bold; forward
- See presumptivean obsolete word for presumptive
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Derived Forms
- preˈsumptuously, adverb
- preˈsumptuousness, noun
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Other Words From
- pre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
- pre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
- over·pre·sumptu·ous adjective
- over·pre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
- over·pre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
- unpre·sumptu·ous adjective
- unpre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
- unpre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of presumptuous1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
I find both “admirer” and “suitor” to be presumptuous and one-sided.
Such a position is presumptuous on the one hand and unnecessary on the other.
But it seemed far less presumptuous in an era when evangelical Protestanism was the unofficial faith of the land.
The beliefs behind this audacious wager are even more presumptuous than they first appear.
If I should be so presumptuous, I believe I speak for Bieber when I say: everyone needs to just chill, bro.
Pedantic, unimaginative and presumptuous, Theobald was the logical choice for a Dunce King in 1728.
Of the Portuguese society here I know so very little, that it would be presumptuous to give an opinion of it.
The latter took herself to task later, thinking she had been too presumptuous.
The attempt to say it may seem presumptuous, and I am certain that no single word of Gautier could be altered or improved upon.
What is more presumptuous than to arm nations and cause rivers of blood, in order to establish or to defend futile conjectures?
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