The meaning of Bumptious

adjective

Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.

Usage examples:

He's arrogant and opinionated

adjective

Proud in an unpleasant way and behaving as if you are better or more important than other people

Usage examples:

I never met a more conceited and arrogant young man., i was disgusted by his arrogance., lapham arr…

adjective

Conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way.

Usage examples:

We were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything

noun

Another term for cockatoo.

noun

A farmer, originally one with a small holding.

Usage examples:

All the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies

adjective

Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

Usage examples:

Fred's so conceited he'd never believe anyone would refuse him

adjective

Too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

Usage examples:

Without wishing to sound conceited, i am the best salesperson in the company.

adverb

In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.

Usage examples:

He started up the engine and the car moved forward

adjective

Directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling.

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Forward flight

noun

An attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.

Usage examples:

Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.

adjective

Arrogant and domineering.

Usage examples:

His imperious demands

adjective

With an attitude of authority and expecting obedience

Usage examples:

She was a very imperious, arrogant woman.

adjective

Unpleasantly overpowering.

Usage examples:

An overbearing, ill-tempered brute

verb

Overcome by emotional pressure or physical force.

Usage examples:

His will had not been overborne by another's influence

adjective

Too confident and too determined to tell other people what to do, in a way that is unpleasant and not easy to like

Usage examples:

An overbearing father

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Usage examples:

A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

Usage examples:

I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

Usage examples:

I hope i won't be considered presumptuous if i offer some advice

adjective

Rude because of doing something although you know you do not have a right to do it

Usage examples:

It would be presumptuous of me to speak for the others.

adjective

Giving your opinions in a powerful way so that other people will notice

adjective

Believing that you are more important or have a higher value than other people

Usage examples:

He never comes across as pompous or self-important., i look at these very serious, self-important p…

adjective

Having a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

Usage examples:

The king marches in with a strutting military escort

noun

The action of walking with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

Usage examples:

They performed some traditional dances that drew inspiration from the strutting of peacocks

verb

Walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

Usage examples:

Peacocks strut through the grounds

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

adjective

Having a very confident and arrogant or self-important manner.

Usage examples:

A swaggering bully

verb

Present participle of swagger

Usage examples:

They swaggered into the room., a group of young men swaggered around outside the bar., his swaggeri…

adjective

Thinking that you are more intelligent or important than you really are

Usage examples:

I didn't know how to mention it without sounding swollen-headed.