Presumptuous
[prɪ'zʌm(p)tʃʊəs] or [prɪ'zʌmptʃuəs]
Definition
(a.) Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
(a.) Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.
(a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.
Checked by Cathy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Arrogant, bold, forward, presuming.[2]. Venturesome, rash, over-confident, fool-hardy.
Editor: Milton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Presuming, bold, overconfident, forward, rashly_confident, arrogant, bold,rash, irreverent, wilful, foolhardy,[See RASH]
Edited by Fergus
Definition
adj. full of presumption: going beyond the bounds of right or duty: bold and confident: founded on presumption: wilful.—adv. Presump′tuously.—n. Presump′tuousness.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- But it is, in a way, presumptuous for a foreigner to teach Spanish, Fernando said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But may not this inference be presumptuous? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It seems, if not presumptuous, silly, weak, a delusion, an absurd mistake. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I hope part of you is hand also, returned Donne, in his vulgarly presumptuous and familiar style, and part purse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Presumptuous I never have been; presumptuous I never will be. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Desire of renown, and presumptuous ambition, had characterized his youth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Certainly not; three presumptuous Babylonish masons--neither more nor less! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A presumptuous fool! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Does it not strike you, Mr. Yorke, that for a mere penniless adventurer to aspire to a rich woman's hand is presumptuous--contemptible? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Carlos