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UK
/sˈʌmptʃuːəsnəs/
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NOUN
- wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living
- the quality possessed by something that is excessively expensive
How To Use sumptuousness In A Sentence
- The door opens onto a stunning, high ceilinged, light-filled apartment, its 17-foot-tall Austrian windows framed by the aforementioned black cast-iron arches, its finishes bespeaking a level of sumptuousness uncommon in the more cookie-cutter condos of the moderately rich. Opulently Hidden, In Plain Sight
- God, however, decided to punish them for their presumptuousness in erecting the tower by making them speak different languages.
- Why the word “terrorist” leads so many people into a state of hysterical presumptuousness accompanied by demands to defy our constitution blatantly, is beyond me. Matthew Yglesias » Mitch McConnell vs the FBI
- Even when you have little hope that the nominee will decide the cases the way you want, you have a problem with the presumptuousness of putting a person like that on the Court.
- The camp itself was essentially a series of huge tents decorated with an eye toward sumptuousness—overstuffed couches, a dinner table made from beached wood, a makeshift bar area—all atop raised, rich hardwood flooring. In the Time of Bobby Cox
- he despised them for their presumptuousness
- The enormity of my presumptuousness cows even me.
- Well, between Enstrom's lying in testimony--making irritation with him, well, a little more understandable at least--and this silly presumptuousness from Rep. Kevin Priola audio above against a Mesa State employee solely on the basis of his union membership, we're guessing that Republicans won't make that complaint again. So Much for "Respecting Witnesses"
- Being in temperate mood that morning, I described that as "presumptuousness". HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERICH!
- The fact that their followers themselves do not have the intelligence to exercise even only the right of suffrage makes the presumptuousness much more ridiculous.