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bumptiousness

bumptiousness noun: the state of being bumptious; conceitedness.

Noun

bumptiousness (usually uncountable, plural bumptiousnesses)

  1. (usually) The 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

bumptiousness meaning in Tamil

bumptiousness in Tamil

வெறுப்பான அளவிற்கு முந்துறும் பண்பு, தன்னாணவப்போக்கு

Forms of bumptiousness

pluralbumptiousnesses

Origin of bumptiousness

From bumptious + -ness.

Questions about bumptiousness

What does bumptiousness mean?
Bumptiousness means the state of being bumptious; conceitedness.
What is bumptiousness in Tamil?
Bumptiousness in Tamil is வெறுப்பான அளவிற்கு முந்துறும் பண்பு, தன்னாணவப்போக்கு. See Bumptiousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bumptiousness?
Bumptiousness is a noun.
What is the plural of bumptiousness?
The plural of bumptiousness is bumptiousnesses.

Words near bumptiousness in the dictionary

  1. bumpsadaisy
  2. bumpstock
  3. bumpstocks
  4. bumptious
  5. bumptiously
  6. bumptiousness
  7. bumptiousnesses
  8. bumpy
  9. bumpy pavement
  10. bumpy pavements
  11. bumrush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bumptiousness (page history and authors); bumptiousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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