Question of the Day #1412

Rui Vitória proud of bumptious Benfica

From the headline of this article at UEFA.com.

  上記の文で、bumptiousの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "bumptious" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

【形】
〔能力を自慢し過ぎて〕横柄な、偉そうな、傲慢な、高慢ちきな、尊大な

   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : OBTRUSIVE

 

Examples

1. And it’s been a very bumptious relationship ever since. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
2. Gorsuch’s abrupt pivot to arrogance has been on full display in his bumptious opinions and questions from the bench. — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
3. Americans are not afraid of bumptious, raucous, and robust debate about these matters. — Joe Palazzolo, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
4. “And what do you know? You are too young: you smell of your mother’s milk. You have the bumptious, graceless confidence of the recently born.” -
 Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
5. As a bitter and somewhat bumptious critic Mr. Weaver made his early reputation on the Chicago Daily News. - Time Magazine Archive

   

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