bumptious
adjective
[ ˈbʌm(p)ʃəs ]
• irritatingly self-assertive.
• "an impossibly bumptious and opinionated ass"
Similar:
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,
snooty,
uppity,
uppish,
pushy,
Origin:
early 19th century: humorously from bump, on the pattern of fractious .
