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presuming
adjective
Definition of PRESUMING
— pre·sum·ing·ly \-ˈzü-miŋ-lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of PRESUMING
15th century
Related to PRESUMING
- Synonyms
- assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, arrogant, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
- Antonyms
- humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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