Bumptious

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  • adjective. Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Offensively self-assertive; liable to give or take offense; disposed to quarrel; domineering; forward; pushing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Self-conceited; forward; pushing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. offensively self-assertive
    • Word Usage
    "'bumptious' - about it, because his own red hair was very plainly to be seen behind."
    Equivalent
    forward  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    boastful  bossy  bubbly  bumble  cantankerous  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aggressively self-confident  arrogant  audacious  biggety  brassy  
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