Definition of Presumptuous

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Presumptuous

Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.

Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.

Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.

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Presumptuous Quotations

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Thou shouldst not become presumptuous through much treasure and wealth; for in the end it is necessary for thee to leave all.
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.
Jessica Savitch

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
Hesiod

I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
Tea Leoni

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
Patrice Leconte

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.
Stanley Schmidt

I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing stories on my work.
Faith Ringgold

Presumptuous Translations

presumptuous in German is vermessene, vermessen
presumptuous in Latin is impudens
presumptuous in Spanish is presuntuoso

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