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  • 61insolent — I adjective abusive, arrogant, assuming, audacious, bellicose, bold, brazen, bumptious, contemptuous, contumacious, contumax, contumelious, defiant, derisive, discourteous, disdainful, disobedient, disobliging, disregardful, disrespectful,… …

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  • 62supercilious — I adjective arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, condescending, contemptuous, contumelious, derisive, dictatorial, disdainful, disrespectful, domineering, egotistic, fastidiosus, haughty, imperious, insolent, intolerant, irreverent, lofty,… …

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  • 63bold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. daring, audacious, forward; intrepid, brave; impudent. See courage, insolence, defiance, vigor. Ant., timid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Courageous] Syn. intrepid, fearless, daring; see brave 1 . 2.… …

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  • 64audacious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Daring] Syn. bold, daring, reckless, rash; see brave 1 , rash . 2. [Impudent] Syn. brazen, presumptuous, unabashed; see rude 2 . See Synonym Study at brave . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [aw DAY… …

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  • 65confident — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Certain] Syn. positive, sure, convinced, having faith in; see certain 1 , 3 , trusting 2 . 2. [Self assured] Syn. self confident, self reliant, assured, having no misgivings, bold, fearless, sure of oneself, self… …

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  • 66malapert — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. saucy, pert, bold, impudent, presumptuous; see also rude 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar …

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  • 67overweening — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. presumptuous, haughty, insolent, arrogant; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. arrogant, proud, cocky, cocksure, overconfident, presumptuous, haughty, disdainful, overbearing, imperious. ANT.: modest,… …

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  • 68presuming — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. arrogant, proud, presumptuous; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward,… …

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  • 69uppity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. arrogant, snobbish, haughty, stuck up, *high falutin, lofty, proud, uppish, *full of oneself, conceited, presumptuous. ANT.: *folksy, down to earth, modest, humble II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Informal… …

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  • 70presumption — (n.) mid 13c., seizure and occupation without right, also taking upon oneself more than is warranted, from L.L. praesumptionem confidence, audacity, in classical Latin, a taking for granted, anticipation, from praesumere to take beforehand, from… …

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