Thesaurus / presumptuous
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It’s a big universe and it would be pretty presumptuous to have a hard and fast conclusion.
CONGRESS IS FINALLY TAKING UFOS SERIOUSLY, 50 YEARS AFTER ITS LAST HEARING ON THE MYSTERIOUS SUBJECTJEFFREY KLUGERMAY 17, 2022TIMEAt 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.
ANNA ‘DELVEY’ SOROKIN ALMOST RUINED MY LIFE. NOW SHE’S BEING REWARDED FOR HER CRIMESRACHEL DELOACHE WILLIAMSFEBRUARY 10, 2022TIMEI 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 SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO PRESUMPTUOUS
- arrant
- assuming
- assumptive
- audacious
- barefaced
- blatant
- bold
- boldfaced
- brash
- brassy
- brazen
- bumptious
- cheeky
- cocky
- contumelious
- cool
- disrespectful
- familiar
- flip
- flippant
- forward
- fresh
- immodest
- impertinent
- insolent
- nervy
- off-base
- overbold
- overconfident
- pert
- presuming
- presumptuous
- procacious
- pushy
- rude
- sassy
- saucy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- unabashed
- unblushing
- wise
- affable
- amicable
- buddy-buddy
- chummy
- close
- comfortable
- confidential
- cordial
- cozy
- dear
- easy
- forward
- free
- free-and-easy
- fresh
- genial
- gracious
- impudent
- informal
- intimate
- intrusive
- near
- neighborly
- nervy
- obtrusive
- officious
- open
- palsy
- palsy-walsy
- presuming
- presumptuous
- relaxed
- sassy
- smart
- snug
- sociable
- thick
- tight
- unceremonious
- unconstrained
- unreserved
- wise
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