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Definition of bumptiousness:
Synonyms:
zeal, readiness, cockiness, forwardness, pushiness, eagerness.
Usage examples:
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The bumptiousness of these was inordinate, overwhelming.
- "The Triumph of Hilary Blachland", Bertram Mitford. -
Then gradually this negative attitude corrects itself to a positive one, and we recognize the folly of that young- and- verdant bumptiousness which would think of consigning the greatest of German dramatists to the realms of the dead.
- "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas. -
Jacson Gootes came limply from the phonebooth, his bumptiousness gone.
- "Greener Than You Think", Ward Moore.