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arrogant
Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
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  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:
proud
Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
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  1. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
  2. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  3. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:
presumptuous
Too bold or forward; taking too much for granted; showing overconfidence, arrogance, or effrontery
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  1. Too bold or forward; taking too much for granted; showing overconfidence, arrogance, or effrontery
  2. Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward:
assuming
Presumptuous; arrogant.
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  1. Presumptuous; arrogant.
  2. Taking too much for granted; presumptuous
assumptive
Taken for granted; assumed.
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  1. Taken for granted; assumed.
  2. Held as true or valid without evidence.
  3. Forward or presumptuous.
audacious
Not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen
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  1. Not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen
  2. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold.
  3. Bold or daring; fearless
bold
Showing a readiness to take risks or face danger; daring; fearless
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  1. Showing a readiness to take risks or face danger; daring; fearless
  2. Strong or pronounced; prominent:
  3. Unduly forward and brazen; impudent:
brash
Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
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  1. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
  2. Offensively bold; pushing, presumptuous, impudent, etc.
  3. Presumptuously forward; impudent:
brazen
Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound:
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  1. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound:
  2. Showing no shame; bold; impudent
  3. Like brass in color or other qualities
cheeky
(Informal) Impudent; impertinent.
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  1. (Informal) Impudent; impertinent.
  2. (Informal) Saucy; impudent; insolent
  3. Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.
contumelious
Rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
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  1. Rude in a contemptuous way; insulting and humiliating
familiar
Having fair knowledge; acquainted:
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  1. Having fair knowledge; acquainted:
  2. Often encountered or seen:
  3. Natural and unstudied; informal:
forward
Located ahead or in advance:
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  1. Located ahead or in advance:
  2. Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front:
  3. Moving in a prescribed direction or order for normal use:
impertinent
Not pertinent or suitable
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  1. Not pertinent or suitable
  2. Not showing proper respect or manners; insolent; impudent
  3. Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold:
impudent
(Obsolete) Immodest.
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  1. (Obsolete) Immodest.
  2. Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent.
insolent
Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
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  1. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
  2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
  3. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
malapert
(Now archaic) Impudent, cheeky, saucy. [from 15th c.]
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  1. (Now archaic) Impudent, cheeky, saucy. [from 15th c.]
  2. Saucy; impudent; pert
  3. Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy.
nervy
(Informal) Rudely bold; brazen; impudent
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  1. (Informal) Rudely bold; brazen; impudent
  2. Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold.
  3. Full of courage; bold
overconfident
Excessively confident; presumptuous.
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  1. Excessively confident; presumptuous.
  2. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.
  3. Confident without adequate reason; too confident
pert
(Dial.) In good spirits or health; lively; brisk
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  1. (Dial.) In good spirits or health; lively; brisk
  2. Attractive or stylish in appearance:
  3. Bold or impudent in speech or behavior; saucy; forward
presumptuous
Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward:
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  1. Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward:
  2. Too bold or forward; taking too much for granted; showing overconfidence, arrogance, or effrontery
pushy
(Informal) Annoyingly aggressive and persistent
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  1. (Informal) Annoyingly aggressive and persistent
  2. Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
  3. Disagreeably aggressive or forward.
sassy
Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
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  1. Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
  2. Bold and spirited; cheeky
  3. Stylish; chic:
saucy
Having the consistency of or covered with sauce:
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  1. Having the consistency of or covered with sauce:
  2. Attractive or stylish, especially in being sexually alluring:
  3. Impertinent or disrespectful, especially in a playful or lively way:
smart
Fashionable; elegant:
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  1. Fashionable; elegant:
  2. Capable of making adjustments that resemble those resulting from human decisions, chiefly by means of electronic sensors and computer technology:
  3. Amusingly clever; witty:
brassy
Made of or decorated with brass.
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  1. Made of or decorated with brass.
  2. (Music) Resembling or characterized by the sound of brass instruments:
  3. Like brass, as in color
flip
(Informal) Flippant; saucy; impertinent
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  1. (Informal) Flippant; saucy; impertinent
  2. Marked by casual disrespect; impertinent:
fresh
Not yet used or soiled; clean:
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  1. Not yet used or soiled; clean:
  2. Fairly strong and often cool; brisk:
  3. Having the glowing or unspoiled appearance of youth:
snippety
(Informal) Snippy; impertinent.
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  1. (Informal) Snippy; impertinent.
  2. Irritable, snappy
  3. Made up of short snippets
snippy
(Informal) Curt, sharp, or snappish, esp. in an insolent manner
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  1. (Informal) Curt, sharp, or snappish, esp. in an insolent manner
  2. Occurring in pieces; fragmentary.
  3. Made up of small scraps or snips; fragmentary
uppish
(Since circa 1678) Having plenty of money.
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  1. (Since circa 1678) Having plenty of money.
  2. (Colloquial) Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority.
  3. (Cricket, of a shot) In which the ball is hit into the air, with the chance of being caught
uppity
Haughty or presumptuous, especially for one's rank or social standing:
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  1. Haughty or presumptuous, especially for one's rank or social standing:
  2. Inclined to be haughty, arrogant, snobbish, etc.
  3. Behaving in a way regarded as above one's rightful station or class
wise
Having or showing good judgment; sagacious; prudent
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  1. Having or showing good judgment; sagacious; prudent
  2. Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
  3. Impudent; fresh
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  • Without presuming any of the Birth Stories you hear are the equivalent of "the one that got away" stories, often they are told as a badge of courage and may be exaggerated for effect.

  • Simply presuming that a science advancement has been achieved to enable the story is fine, and used all the time.

  • I ought to apologize to the reader and to Miss Keller for presuming to say what her subject matter is worth, but one more explanation is necessary.

  • No, Martha Boyd had no idea where her mother was nor did she know the woman's destination, presuming Patsy had one.

  • Hours staffers were surprised to see Johnny Depp on the set of their show, presuming that he may be there to promote his film Alice in Wonderland.

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