First Known Use: 1803
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bumptious
adjective bump·tious \ˈbəm(p)-shəs\
: proud or confident in a loud and rude way that annoys other people
Full Definition of BUMPTIOUS
: presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive
— bump·tious·ly adverb
— bump·tious·ness noun
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Origin of BUMPTIOUS
1bump + -tious (as in fractious)
Related to BUMPTIOUS
- Synonyms
- assumptive, arrogant, cavalier, chesty, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
- Antonyms
- humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious
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