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   What does bumptious mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of BUMPTIOUS is presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive. How to use bumptious in a sentence. How Should You Use bumptious?

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   Where does bumptious come from?

   • 'Bumptious indeed, though I believe it is not in the dictionary, has crept into familiar parlance, especially amongst young folks at school and college.'" The word is, of course, now in "the dictionary"; ours notes that it comes from the noun bump and the -tious of fractious.

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   When was bumptious a word?

   • While we've uncovered evidence dating bumptious to the beginning of the 19th century, the word was uncommon enough decades later that Edward Bulwer-Lytton included the following in his 1850 My Novel: "'She holds her head higher, I think,' said the landlord, smiling.

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   What does Bumpty mean?

   • Being scared of something that's not even scary. Joe: That movie made me bumpty yo. Tlynne: Yo, you're a bumpty ... softermanz! Get a Bumpty mug for your papa Paul.

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   Is bumptious fractious?

   • Bumptious is recorded in the late 1790s and is a blend of bump and fractious, meaning “unruly” or “irritable.” Bumptious bumps fractious up to the next level, meaning “offensively self-assertive.” Many more amusing Americanisms await in our slideshow “These Wacky Words Originated In The USA.” Did you know … ?

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   Is it good to be bumptious?

   • It's good to speak your mind and stand up for yourself, but it's not good to be bumptious. When you're bumptious, you're obnoxious. Someone who dominates a conversation without listening to others is bumptious. Someone who takes more than their fair share of something is bumptious. To be bumptious is to be selfish and annoying.

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   unpleasantly confident: a bumptious young man. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. boastful He was confident, not boastful. bumptious His critics have depicted him as a bumptious, privately-educated son of privilege. ostentatious She is not impressed by his ostentatious displays of wealth.

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     BUMPTIOUS meaning: 1. unpleasantly confident: 2....

   • Znaczenie Bumptious, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     bumptious definicja: 1. unpleasantly confident: 2....

   • Bumptious: Indonesian Translation

     BUMPTIOUS translate: merasa diri penting. Learn more in the...

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     bumptious translate: aufgeblasen. Learn more in the...

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     BUMPTIOUS translate: presumido. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     bumptious translate: tự phụ. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     bumptious translate: prétentieux. Learn more in the...

   • Bumptious in Simplified Chinese

     BUMPTIOUS translate: 自以为是的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   The meaning of BUMPTIOUS is presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive. How to use bumptious in a sentence. How Should You Use bumptious?

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   If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.

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   Define bumptious. bumptious synonyms, bumptious pronunciation, bumptious translation, English dictionary definition of bumptious. adj. Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy. bump′tious·ly adv. bump′tious·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition....

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   Bumptious definition: offensively self-assertive. See examples of BUMPTIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Definition of bumptious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Someone who takes more than their fair share of something is bumptious. To be bumptious is to be selfish and annoying. Bumptious people are often arrogant and usually thoughtless, and bumptious behavior shows no concern for other people.