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 Definitions of presumptuous  [ɪˈzʌmp tʃu əs]  

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Definition of 'presumptuous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) presumptuous
characterized by or showing presumption or readiness to presume; unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward.

2.  presumptuous
Obs. presumptive.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < LL praesūmptuōsus, var. of L praesūmptiōsus. See presumptive , -ous)

Definition of 'presumptuous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) assumptive, assuming, presumptuous
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"


Definition of 'presumptuous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) presumptuous
full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct

2. (adj) presumptuous
founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea

3. (adj) presumptuous
done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful


Translation of 'presumptuous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: impolitely bold.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ongeskik, voor op die wa Arabic flag Arabic: قَليل الحَياء، وَقِح، مُت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: самонадея
Brazilian flag Brazilian: presunçoso Czech flag Czech: drzý German flag German: anmaßend
Danish flag Danish: indbildsk Greek flag Greek: θρασύς, αυθάδης Spanish flag Spanish: presuntuoso
Estonian flag Estonian: jultunud Farsi flag Farsi: گستاخ Finnish flag Finnish: röyhkeä
French flag French: impertinent Hebrew flag Hebrew: חוּצפָּה Hindi flag Hindi: धृष्ट
Croatian flag Croatian: drzak, uobražen Hungarian flag Hungarian: elbizakodott Indonesian flag Indonesian: lancang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: djarfur,ósvífinn Italian flag Italian: presuntuoso Japanese flag Japanese: つけあがった
Korean flag Korean: 뻔뻔스러운, 주제넘은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pernelygįžūlus, pasitikin Latvian flag Latvian: pašpārliecināts
Malay flag Malay: terlalu berani Dutch flag Dutch: aanmatigend Norwegian flag Norwegian: overmodig, innbilsk
Polish flag Polish: arogancki Persian flag Persian: بى ادب، گستاخ Pashto flag Pashto: بى ادب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: presunçoso Romanian flag Romanian: impertinent Russian flag Russian: самонадеянный
Slovak flag Slovak: drzý Slovenian flag Slovenian: predrzen Serbian flag Serbian: arogantan
Swedish flag Swedish: förmäten, övermodig, arro Thai flag Thai: ที่อวดดี Turkish flag Turkish: küstah, haddini bilmez
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 傲慢的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: самовпевнений; зухвалий Urdu flag Urdu: شوخ، بے باک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngạo mạn Chinese flag Chinese: 傲慢的

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