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   What is a bumptious person?

   • 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. Bumptious people are often arrogant and usually thoughtless, and bumptious behavior shows no concern for other people.

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   What is the meaning of bumptiousness?

   • bumptiousness(Noun) The state of being bumptious; conceitedness. The woman would be quite likable sans bumptiousness.

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   What is another word for bumptious?

   • Disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward. Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy. Probably a play on the pattern of words like fractious. Find similar words to bumptious using the buttons below. Bumptious definition: Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy.

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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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   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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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › bumptiousBUMPTIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   adjective. disapproving uk / ˈbʌmp.ʃəs / us / ˈbʌmp.ʃəs / Add to word list. 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.

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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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   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.

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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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   : presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive. bumptiously adverb. bumptiousness noun. Did you know? 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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   Bumptious definition: offensively self-assertive. See examples of BUMPTIOUS used in a sentence.

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   This term describes someone who is overly self-assertive or arrogant, often in an offensive or aggressive way. The etymology of 'bumptious' effectively conveys the idea of someone figuratively swelling with self-importance or puffing themselves up with an exaggerated sense of superiority.