Meanings
nounbumptiousness (usually uncountable, plural bumptiousnesses)
plural bumptiousnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
Gerald's special mixture of laziness and ambition seemed to crystallize under the camera into brutal bumptiousness.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 13, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounoffensive boldness and assertiveness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Irish tollmhóire
- tollmhóirethe state of being bumptious
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APA
bumptiousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumptiousness
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“bumptiousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumptiousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bumptiousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumptiousness.
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