bumptiousness
61temerity — n 1. foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, incautiousness, carelessness, heedlessness; impetuosity, impetuousness, hot headedness, impulsiveness; imprudence, improvidence, indiscretion, injudiciousness; audacity, boldness, courage, bravery,… …
62vanity — n 1. egotism, conceit, conceitedness, self conceit, overweening pride, self pride, self love, narcissism, self admiration, self worship, Inf. me ism, self approbation, self glorification, self importance, swelled headedness, vainglory,… …
63bumptious — /ˈbʌmpʃəs / (say bumpshuhs) adjective offensively self assertive: *Rooster was one of those fine upstanding, bumptious skites who love to talk all day, in the heartiest manner, to total strangers while their wives do the washing –norman lindsay,… …
64b(e)u-2, bh(e)ū̆- — b(e)u 2, bh(e)ū̆ English meaning: to swell, puff Deutsche Übersetzung: “aufblasen, schwellen” Note: Explosive sound of the inflated cheek, like pu , phu see d .; running beside primeval creation crosses the sound lawful… …
65bumptious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ irritatingly self assertive or conceited. DERIVATIVES bumptiously adverb bumptiousness noun. ORIGIN from BUMP(Cf. ↑bumpy), on the pattern of fractious …
66bumptiously — bumptious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ irritatingly self assertive or conceited. DERIVATIVES bumptiously adverb bumptiousness noun. ORIGIN from BUMP(Cf. ↑bumpy), on the pattern of fractious …
67bumptious — [bump′shəs] adj. [prob. < BUMP, by analogy with FRACTIOUS] disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward bumptiously adv. bumptiousness n …
68assertiveness — noun aggressive self assurance; given to making bold assertions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑self assertiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑assertive • Hypernyms: ↑positivity, ↑positiveness, ↑ …
69bumptious — adj. offensively self assertive or conceited. Derivatives: bumptiously adv. bumptiousness n. Etymology: BUMP, after FRACTIOUS …
70self-assertive — adjective 1. aggressively self assured an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act • Syn: ↑assertive, ↑self asserting • Ant: ↑unassertive (for …
