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/pɹəˈzʌmp.tʃuː.əs/ · adjective
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits..
Preſumptuous Prieſt, this place cōmands my patiēce, / Or thou ſhould'ſt finde thou haſt dis-honor'd me.
Is this the proud presumtious Esquire of the North, / That would not yeeld his prisoner to my Queen
Keepe back thy seruant also from presumptuous sinnes, let them not haue dominion ouer me: then shall I be vpright, and I shalbe innocent from the great transgression.
Dorothea checked herself suddenly with self-rebuke for the presumptuous way in which she was reckoning on uncertain events, but she was spared any inward effort to change the direction of her thoughts by the appearance of a cantering horseman round a turning of the road.
"Of course," said Felix, "I suggest nothing; it would be very presumptuous in me to advise you. But I think there is no doubt about the fact."
The powers of the world were making ready to crush the presumptuous France of the Jacobins, and the France of King and Aristocracy would be restored.
Use presumptuous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Presumptuous means Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits..
Common synonyms include forward, overconfident, presuming, presumptive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Preſumptuous Prieſt, this place cōmands my patiēce, / Or thou ſhould'ſt finde thou haſt dis-honor'd me.
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