Thesaurus / presumptuous
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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.
THE ECONOMIST’S GUIDE TO PARENTING: 10 YEARS LATER (EP. 479)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 21, 2021FREAKONOMICSAs 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.
MEET THE RENAISSANCE MAN OBSESSED WITH MUSHROOMSDOUG BIERENDMARCH 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEPedantic, unimaginative and presumptuous, Theobald was the logical choice for a Dunce King in 1728.
A LETTER FROM MR. CIBBER TO MR. POPECOLLEY CIBBEROf the Portuguese society here I know so very little, that it would be presumptuous to give an opinion of it.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMThe latter took herself to task later, thinking she had been too presumptuous.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONThe attempt to say it may seem presumptuous, and I am certain that no single word of Gautier could be altered or improved upon.
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFETHOPHILE GAUTIERWhat is more presumptuous than to arm nations and cause rivers of blood, in order to establish or to defend futile conjectures?
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERThe world belongs to the devil; and the idea of taking it away from the devil seems to be presumptuous.
LOVE'S PILGRIMAGEUPTON SINCLAIRHe had turned him from his presumptuous attempt to be Providence to his Nelly.
MARY GRAYKATHARINE TYNANThe belief was often presumptuous, but it showed what an eye she had to her business.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO PRESUMPTUOUS
- arrogant
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- contumelious
- discourteous
- disgracious
- flip
- forward
- fresh
- ill-mannered
- impolite
- impudent
- inappropriate
- incongruous
- inquisitive
- insolent
- interfering
- intrusive
- lippy
- meddlesome
- meddling
- nosy
- off base
- offensive
- out of line
- pert
- presumptuous
- procacious
- prying
- rude
- sassy
- smart
- smart alecky
- uncalled-for
- uncivil
- ungracious
- unmannerly
- unsuitable
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