bumptious
11bumptious — adjective Etymology: 1bump + tious (as in fractious) Date: 1803 presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self assertive ; obtrusive • bumptiously adverb • bumptiousness noun …
12bumptious — Synonyms and related words: aggressively self confident, arrogant, audacious, biggety, brassy, brazen, challenging, cheeky, chesty, cocky, cold, conceited, contemptuous, contumelious, cool, daring, defiant, defying, derisive, disdainful,… …
13bumptious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. conceited, arrogant, forward, pushy*; see aggressive 1 , egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. arrogant, conceited, pushy, forward, overbearing, cocky, haughty, presumptuous. ANT.: bashful, diffident, retiring …
14bumptious — bump|tious [ˈbʌmpʃəs] adj too proud of your abilities in a way that annoys other people = ↑arrogant >bumptiously adv >bumptiousness n [U] …
15bumptious — bump|tious [ bʌmpʃəs ] adjective behaving in an annoying way that shows you think you are very important …
16bumptious — bump·tious || bÊŒmpʃəs adj. pushy, self assertive …
17bumptious — adjective irritatingly self assertive. Derivatives bumptiously adverb bumptiousness noun Origin C19: from bump, on the pattern of fractious …
18bumptious — a. (Colloq.) Conceited, vain, egotistical, self opinionated, self conceited …
19bumptious — adjective too proud of your abilities in a way that annoys other people bumptiously adverb bumptiousness noun (U) …
20bumptious — adj aggressive, forward, obtrusive, self assertive, Inf. pushy; arrogant, overbearing, overweening; cocky, overconfident, audacious, impertinent, insolent, impudent, brazen, brassy, Inf. nervy, Inf. cheeky, Scot. vaunty …
