Wondering how to use Bumptious in a sentence? Below are 3 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as forward.
Bumptious meaning
Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Synonyms of Bumptious
Using Bumptious
- The main meaning on this page is: Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
- Useful related words include: self-assertive, forward.
Context around Bumptious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bumptious
- In this selection, "bumptious" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, alter, thinking and persona stand out and add context to how "bumptious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arrogance and bumptious persona alienated and as his bumptious alter ego. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bumptious" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bumptious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Performed in character as his bumptious alter ego Mr Swallow, his series of almost-solo spoof musicals (the Dracula one, the Houdini one) have been fringe highlights in recent years. (30 words)
According to the jazz historian David Gelly in 2000, Morton's arrogance and "bumptious" persona alienated so many musicians over the years that no colleagues or admirers attended his funeral. (30 words)
This is exactly the sort of bumptious thinking that’s left American-Iranian relations in tatters, and it’s crucial in the coming days that Donald Trump inoculate himself against it. (31 words)
This is exactly the sort of bumptious thinking that’s left American-Iranian relations in tatters, and it’s crucial in the coming days that Donald Trump inoculate himself against it. (31 words)
Performed in character as his bumptious alter ego Mr Swallow, his series of almost-solo spoof musicals (the Dracula one, the Houdini one) have been fringe highlights in recent years. (30 words)
According to the jazz historian David Gelly in 2000, Morton's arrogance and "bumptious" persona alienated so many musicians over the years that no colleagues or admirers attended his funeral. (30 words)
Example sentences (3)
Performed in character as his bumptious alter ego Mr Swallow, his series of almost-solo spoof musicals (the Dracula one, the Houdini one) have been fringe highlights in recent years.
This is exactly the sort of bumptious thinking that’s left American-Iranian relations in tatters, and it’s crucial in the coming days that Donald Trump inoculate himself against it.
According to the jazz historian David Gelly in 2000, Morton's arrogance and "bumptious" persona alienated so many musicians over the years that no colleagues or admirers attended his funeral.