English-Thai Dictionary

bumptious

ADJ ซึ่ง คิด ว่า ตนเอง สำคัญ มาก  sueng-khid-wa-ton-eng-sam-khan-mak

 

bumptiousness

N ความหยิ่ง ยโส  kwam-ying-ya-so

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUMPTIOUS

BUMPTIOUS Bump "tious, a.

 

Defn: Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq. ] Halliwell.

 

BUMPTIOUSNESS

BUMPTIOUSNESS Bump "tious *ness, n.

 

Defn: Conceitedness. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bumptious

bump tious |ˈbəmpSHəs ˈbəm (p )ʃəs | ▶adjective self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree: these bumptious young boys today. DERIVATIVES bump tious ly adverb, bump tious ness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: humorously from bump, on the pattern of fractious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

bumptious

bump |tious |ˈbʌm (p )ʃəs | ▶adjective irritatingly self-assertive: an impossibly bumptious and opinionated ass. DERIVATIVES bumptiously adverb, bumptiousness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: humorously from bump, on the pattern of fractious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bumptious

bumptious adjective our bumptious cousin thinks she's God's gift to men: self-important, conceited, arrogant, self-assertive, pushy, pompous, overbearing, cocky, swaggering; proud, haughty, overweening, egotistical; informal snooty, uppity. ANTONYMS modest. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See bold . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bumptious

bumptious adjective you're a bumptious little know-all at times: self-important, conceited, arrogant, self-assertive, full of oneself, puffed up, swollen-headed, pompous, overbearing, (self- )opinionated, cocky, swaggering, strutting, presumptuous, forward, imperious, domineering, pontificating, sententious, grandiose, affected, stiff, vain, haughty, overweening, proud, egotistic, egotistical; supercilious, condescending, patronizing; informal snooty, uppity, uppish, pushy. ANTONYMS self-effacing.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bumptious

bump tious /bʌ́m (p )ʃəs /形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠(自己の才能に )うぬぼれた, 傲慢 （ごうまん ）な (arrogant ).～ly 副詞 えらそうに .～ness 名詞