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presumptuous

[ pri-zuhmp-choo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. 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

  2. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.

    Synonyms: arrogant, fresh, audacious, impertinent

    Antonyms: unassuming, modest

  3. Obsolete. presumptive.


presumptuous

/ prɪˈzʌmptjʊəs /

adjective

  1. characterized by presumption or tending to presume; bold; forward
  2. an obsolete word for presumptive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • preˈsumptuousness, noun
  • preˈsumptuously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • pre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
  • pre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
  • over·pre·sumptu·ous adjective
  • over·pre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
  • over·pre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
  • unpre·sumptu·ous adjective
  • unpre·sumptu·ous·ly adverb
  • unpre·sumptu·ous·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of presumptuous1

1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin praesūmptuōsus, variant of Latin praesūmptiōsus. See presumption, -ous
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Synonym Study

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Example Sentences

It’s a big universe and it would be pretty presumptuous to have a hard and fast conclusion.

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At first, I ignored them, not wanting to rehash the past, and feeling like it would be presumptuous to speculate about whether Anna had changed or what she might do next without giving her a chance to show us.

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I see now, not that accomplishment has gotten less important, but you embrace more — and this is where I’m being presumptuous — just unconditional love as a human and as a parent.

As I followed along on my first-ever Cordyceps hunt, it was presumptuous to hope to be the first to spot the rare fungus we sought.

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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presumptive positivepresuppose