(a.) Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
(a.) Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.
(a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.
Example Sentences:
(1) Parent involvement is needed, and it is presumptuous to believe that a couple of hours of contact a week can change lives.
(2) Even as I read Tynan’s book at 16, I knew theatre was radically changing: I remember presumptuously giving a talk to the sixth form at Warwick School on the new phenomenon of The Angry Young Man.
(3) In such a context, it would be quite presumptuous to ascertain the therapeutic efficacy of a drug from those initial human studies.
(4) Infantile delivery also frequently serves to take the curse off self-publicity; sleight of hand for those who find "my programme is on BBC2 tonight" too presumptuous and exposing, and prefer to cower behind the low-status imbecility of "I done rote a fingy for da tellybox!"
(5) If I may be so presumptuously bold, Martyn Hett’s brother contains more Britishness in his typing thumb than Ms Hopkins contains in her entire output.
(6) I am not so presumptuous as to ask instantly for your vote, but in the recent election 700,000 of you stuck with us, but many of you chose someone else.
(7) "Humour me with a rare bit of Confederations Cup kit-chat, but am I the only one who finds the ribbon-like collar on the Spain shirt, inferring yet another winner's medal dangling around the neck, to be a bit presumptuous?"
(8) That email contained a reminder about their understanding when the event was first arranged: In the absence of hearing from you we have proceeded on the basis you are happy to go ahead even though the commission is still in hearing (not expected when originally arranged) and thought it presumptuous to do other than leave that up to you.
(9) May he rest in peace – and, if it’s not presumptuous, my love to you.
(10) I mean, in some ways – this seems a little presumptuous and it's not entirely accurate – but actors and CIA agents are [both] migratory and assume different roles.
(11) 'Journalism is not a job; it is a way of life' Now for those of you who only know me from the telly or radio, I should point out that it's not completely presumptuous of me to share some thoughts on the future of the press, because I was in newspapers for 23 years, with long stints at the Independent, the Financial Times and the Sunday Telegraph, in that order.
(12) The suggestion that Ireland will operate UK migration controls at its own ports and airports carries with it the same presumptuous air.
(13) Since we humans are prone to launching chemical weapons, unwittingly killing off the bee population or other factors that could lead to our extinction, it may be presumptuous to imagine what we'll look like in 100,000 years.
(14) It is typically arrogant of David Cameron to presume a third Tory term in 2020 before the British public have been given the chance to have their say in this election.” David Cameron talks breasts, thighs – and third terms Read more A Lib Dem spokesperson said: “It’s incredibly presumptuous of David Cameron to be worrying about a third term as prime minister weeks before the general election.” Downing Street sources immediately tried to row back on Cameron’s comments, saying he was only rejecting the idea of serving a full third term.
(15) In a rare public appearance, Omar donned what was said to be the cloak of the Prophet Muhammad in Kandahar, and was proclaimed Amir ul-Momineen, Commander of the Faithful, making him the leader of all Muslims, a claim that many found presumptuous.
(16) It feels contemptuous and presumptuous and unpleasant.
(17) I mean, honestly, it’s presumptuous to suspect that [US negotiating partners] France, Russia, China, Germany and Britain ought to do what the Congress tells them to do.
(18) Election 2015: Tories in turmoil after Cameron rules out third term – live Read more Opponents accused Cameron of taking an election victory for granted and behaving in an “incredibly presumptuous manner” by naming Theresa May, Boris Johnson and George Osborne as likely successors in 2020.
(19) She said: : "I've always refused to be drawn on any of these discussions, I think it would be deeply presumptuous of me to do so.
(20) He told the conference that far from it being arrogant or presumptuous to make detailed plans, it was the reverse.
Upstart
Definition:
(v. i.) To start or spring up suddenly.
(n.) One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
(n.) The meadow saffron.
(a.) Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Then in May, the upstart New Democratic Party won a stunning victory in Alberta’s provincial elections , ending 44 years of Conservative rule.
(2) It was one of at least half a dozen such unionist experiments, with a variety of partners, which foundered on the rocks of the would-be partners' infirmity of purpose, fear, suspicion and disdain of this bizarre, arrogant, impetuous upstart.
(3) The part played by the two men in the ousting of well-respected chairman David Plowright the following year earned them a stinging rebuke from John Cleese, whose fax famously read "fuck off out of it, you upstart caterer".
(4) Come the bell, the upstart nervelessly played it cool, almost a laughingly gay matador, his speed of hand and foot totally nullifying Liston’s wicked jab, the key to his armoury.
(5) In a food retail market that currently favours the discount Davids over the grocery Goliaths, one particular upstart has put in a storming performance over the past six months.
(6) Malcolm Turnbull: three things we need to know about our new prime minister Read more And here the upstart was, the leader of the federal parliamentary Liberal party .
(7) Rush treated him as upstart who knew little of life in Chicago's poor, African-American neighbourhoods.
(8) Next year, a new force will try to join the mix, an upstart party called the Pirates, which has made striking gains in four state elections so far.
(9) Cavendish does not seem overly perturned, rolling along towards the front of the peloton, satisfied that his team-mates will reel in the upstarts and set the stage for a sprint finish.
(10) My novel The Upstart is based on my experiences of the snobbery of worrying about saying the wrong thing.
(11) Meanwhile, the bones that have just been confirmed as those of Richard III – the last Plantagenet king, the last English monarch to die on a battlefield, whose death ushered in the upstart Tudors – lay quietly in a calm room on the second floor of the Leicester University library, unknown to many of the students bustling in and out of the building.
(12) "They said: 'How could a young upstart who isn't transgender play the part seriously?'"
(13) Dorky prop-comic Spencer Jones, now a star of Shakespeare sitcom Upstart Crow, brings back his 2015 hit show Proper Job alongside his new one, Eggy Bagel.
(14) The mayor is a member of a protest group turned upstart party called Vetëvendosje ("self-determination"), while the landfill director is the brother of a powerful member of the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) who is close to the prime minister, Hashim Thaçi.
(15) Some believe that officials are seeking to protect state broadcaster CCTV as it loses viewers to slicker, livelier provincial upstarts such as Hunan and Jiangsu Television.
(16) In fact, in 2008 the Democratic party split in half during their primary, almost annihilating both Hillary Clinton and upstart Barack Obama in the process.
(17) "When the upstart is too successful, somehow the old interests surface, and restrictions on growth are proposed or imposed," he said.
(18) Just days into the new year Tesco and Morrisons were forced to warn that profits would be lower than expected amid heavy competition from their upstart rivals.
(19) He was always a bit of a social upstart in an English theatre world full of great families, a self-made actor with no advantages, dependent on a very spiritual stillness and charisma.
(20) As a Latino, Cruz helps Texas Republicans to woo an increasingly important and left-leaning demographic while retaining traditional conservative values – even though he comes across as an upstart outsider.