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121Pride — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pride >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dignity dignity self respect mens sibi conscia recti =>(Vergil) GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 pride pride Sgm: N 2 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 2 high not …
122Insolence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Undue assumption of superiority. < N PARAG:Insolence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insolence insolence Sgm: N 1 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 arrogance arrogance airs Sgm: N 1 overbearance overbearance …
123Contempt — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contempt >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contempt contempt disdain scorn sovereign contempt Sgm: N 1 despisal despisal despiciency Sgm: N 1 despisement despisement Sgm: N 1 vilipendency| vilipendency| …
124Smart Aleck — , SMART ALEC No viable theories have come forth on why smart aleck developed at the beginning of the last century. But it did, and the expression is still very much with us today. By smart aleck we mean a bumptious, conceited know it all.… …
125rumbustious — 1778, an arbitrary formation (perhaps suggested by RUM (Cf. rum) (adj.) and boisterous, robustious, bumptious, etc.) from robustious …
126arsey — adj British truculent, aggressive, bumptious. A vogue term among young people since the late 1990s, also heard on US cam puses since 2000 …
127loadsamoney — n British (someone flaunting) excessive wealth; vulgar, conspicuous consumption. The eponymous comedy character Loadsa money, created by Harry Enfield in 1987, was based on observation of a specific social group. This group com prises bumptious… …
128punk — n 1. a bumptious but insignificant or contemptible person. This sense of the word has been well established in American English since the 19th century referring typically to a youth, particularly a presumptuous or irritating one, or to a petty… …
