ALL meanings of bumptious
bump·tious
B b - adjective bumptious If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions. 3
- adjective bumptious offensively self-assertive or conceited 3
- adjective bumptious disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward 3
- adjective bumptious offensively self-assertive: a bumptious young upstart. 1
- adjective bumptious overly assertive 1
- adjective bumptious Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme. 0