'Bumptious' definitions:
Definition of 'bumptious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Offensively self-assertive [syn: bumptious, self- assertive]
Definition of 'Bumptious'
From: GCIDE
- Bumptious \Bump"tious\, a. Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bumptious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressively self-confident,
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- biggety,
- brassy,
- brazen,
- challenging,
- cheeky,
- chesty,
- cocky,
- cold,
- conceited,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- daring,
- defiant,
- defying,
- derisive,
- disdainful,
- disregardful,
- familiar,
- forward,
- greatly daring,
- hubristic,
- immodest,
- impertinent,
- impudent,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- know-it-all,
- obtrusive,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- overwise,
- peacockish,
- peacocky,
- perk,
- perky,
- pert,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- puffed up,
- pushy,
- regardless of consequences,
- saucy,
- self-conceited,
- self-opinionated,
- smart-alecky,
- stuck-up,
- swelled-headed,
- uppish,
- uppity