bumptious
offensively self-assertive: a bumptious young upstart.
Origin of bumptious
1Other words for bumptious
Other words from bumptious
- bump·tious·ly, adverb
- bump·tious·ness, noun
- o·ver·bump·tious, adjective
- o·ver·bump·tious·ly, adverb
- o·ver·bump·tious·ness, noun
- un·bump·tious, adjective
- un·bump·tious·ly, adverb
- un·bump·tious·ness, noun
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How to use bumptious in a sentence
Watson later tried to buddy up to Wilkins at a cocktail party, but the socially awkward Wilkins did his best to avoid the bumptious American.
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The Money Master, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThe court was thrown into amazement, and even bumptious quailed before the fist of the mighty Jorrocks.
Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities | Robert Smith SurteesShe was always—not exactly proud like, but what I calls bumptious.
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British Dictionary definitions for bumptious
/ (ˈbʌmpʃəs) /
offensively self-assertive or conceited
Origin of bumptious
1Derived forms of bumptious
- bumptiously, adverb
- bumptiousness, noun
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