presumptuous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
presumptuous
    adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a
           subject like this it would be too assuming for me to
           decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous
           servants" [syn: {assumptive}, {assuming}, {presumptuous}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Presumptuous \Pre*sump"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. praesumptuosus:
   cf. F. pr['e]somptueux, OF. also presumptuous. See
   {Presumption}.]
   1. Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or
      venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly;
      arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander;
      presumptuous conduct.
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            A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made
            cautious, nor adversity wise.         --Buckminster.
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   2. Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. "False,
      presumptuous hope." --Milton.
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   3. Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of
      known duty; willful. "Keep back the servant also from
      presumptuous sins." --Ps. xix. 13.
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   Syn: Overconfident; foolhardy; rash; presuming; forward;
        arrogant; insolent.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "presumptuous":
      acceptable, adventurous, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold,
      brash, brazen, bumptious, busy, busybody, cheeky, cold, complacent,
      confident, contumelious, cool, daredevil, daring, death-defying,
      disdainful, egotistical, familiar, fire-eating, foolhardy, forward,
      gay, harebrained, hubristic, immodest, impertinent, impudent,
      inexcusable, inquisitive, insolent, insulting, licentious, lofty,
      madbrain, madbrained, madcap, meddlesome, meddling, nosy,
      obtrusive, officious, outrageous, overconfident, overpresumptuous,
      overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, prideful, procacious,
      proud, prying, pushful, pushing, pushy, saucy, self-appointed,
      self-asserting, self-assertive, self-assured, self-conceited,
      self-elect, self-satisfied, smug, snoopy, supercilious,
      temerarious, uppish, uppity, wild, wild-ass, would-be

    

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