presumptuous

Speech parts

1. presumptuous - Adjective

2. presumptuous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.

Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.

Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forward arrogant insolent overconfident presuming assuming rash conceited foolhardy assumptive cavalier pert previous vaulting entitled
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Antonyms

meek down-to-earth modest quiet retiring humble
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Related terms

presumption presume

Phrases with the word

less presumptuous more presumptuous

Examples

an assumptive person Source: Internet

on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide Source: Internet

the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants Source: Internet

All these attempts had profound and conspicuous faults and weaknesses; even my friends are apt to mention them with an apologetic smile; presumptuous and preposterous they were, I admit, but I look back upon them, completely unabashed. Source: Internet

And without being thought too presumptuous for using this analogy, I like to remember what T. S. Eliot said to someone who had asked him—I believe it was The Waste Land —what he meant by the poem. Source: Internet

Asking allies to think ahead to a new world order, and without ringing ahead to test the idea, was naive, if not downright presumptuous. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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