stuck-up


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stuck-up

(stŭk′ŭp′)
adj. Informal
Snobbish; conceited.
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stuck-up

adj
informal conceited, arrogant, or snobbish
ˈstuck-ˈupness n
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stuck′-up′



adj.
Informal. snobbishly conceited.
[1820–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.stuck-up - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogantstuck-up - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"
bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, too big for one's breeches, uppish
proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
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stuck-up

adjective (Informal) snobbish, arrogant, conceited, proud, patronizing, condescending, snooty (informal), haughty, uppity (informal), high and mighty (informal), toffee-nosed (slang, chiefly Brit.), hoity-toity (informal), swollen-headed, bigheaded (informal), uppish (Brit. informal) She was a famous actress but she wasn't a bit stuck-up.
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stuck-up

adjective
1. Informal. Thinking too highly of oneself:
conceited, egoistic, egoistical, egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, vain, vainglorious.
Informal: bigheaded, swellheaded.
2. Informal. Characteristic of or resembling a snob:
elitist, snobbish, snobby.
Informal: high-hat, snooty, uppish, uppity.
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stuck-up

[ˈstʌkˈʌp] ADJ → presumido, engreído
to be very stuck-up about sth → presumir mucho a causa de algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stuck-up

adj (inf) person, attitude, voice → hochnäsig; she’s stuck-up → sie ist eine hochnäsige Ziege (inf); to be stuck-up about something → sich (dat) → viel auf etw (acc) → einbilden
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stuck-up

[ˌstʌkˈʌp] adj (fam) → presuntuoso/a, arrogante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stuck-up

→ creído
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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What she hated most was her sense of the city's anonymity, those cold wide streets, actual architecture, people pushing, sometimes stuck-ups with yet another accent and the girls in the better shops trying to sound like a lot of lezzes and looking down their noses at you if you ever had to leave your address.
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