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presumptuous 音标拼音: [prɪz'ʌmptʃəwəs] a. 放肆的,冒昧的,冒失的 放肆的,冒昧的,冒失的 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" [ synonym: { assumptive}, { assuming}, { presumptuous}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise. -- Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. " False, presumptuous hope." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Overconfident; foolhardy; rash; presuming; forward; arrogant; insolent. [ 1913 Webster] 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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