jumped-up

jumped-up
adjective
(British informal) upstart
• Similar to: ↑pretentious
• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

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[adjective]
conceited, arrogant, insolent, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
: newly or recently sprung up or arisen

this unconcern for pedigree leads people to suppose that the English lords are a jumped-up lot — Nancy Mitford

the hatred of jumped-up genius — Hesketh Pearson

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/jumpt"up"/, adj. Chiefly Brit.
having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant.
[1825-35]

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jumpedˈ-up adjective (informal)
1. Upstart
2. Cocky, arrogant
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Main Entry: ↑jump

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jumped-up UK [ˌdʒʌmpt ˈʌp] US [dʒʌmptˈʌp] adjective british informal
thinking that you are more important than you are
Thesaurus: describing arrogant and over-confident people or behavioursynonym

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jumped-up «JUHMPT UHP», adjective.
that has risen from a lowly station or position: »

a jumped-up bureaucrat.

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adj. informal, chiefly Brit. denoting someone who considers themselves to be more important than they really are, or who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status

she's not really a journalist, more a jumped-up PR woman

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/ˌʤʌmptˈʌp/ adj [more \jumped-up; most \jumped-up]
Brit disapproving : having a too high opinion of your own importance

She thinks that politicians are all just a bunch of jumped-up nobodies.

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ˈjumped-up f21 [jumped-up] adjective only before noun (BrE, informal, disapproving)
thinking you are more important than you really are, particularly because you have risen in social status

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He's not really an accountant, just a jumped-up office clerk.


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  • jumped-up — adj [only before noun] BrE informal a jumped up person thinks they are more important than they really are, because they have improved their social position ▪ a jumped up little bureaucrat …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jumped-up — adj. Upstart. [British informal] [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jumped-up — jumped′ up′ adj. Slang. brit. upstart; parvenu • Etymology: 1825–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • jumped-up — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ considering oneself to be more important than one really is …   English terms dictionary

  • jumped-up — [jumpt′up′] adj. [Brit. Informal] having recently gained wealth, power, success, etc. and regarded as behaving presumptuously, aggressively, etc …   English World dictionary

  • jumped-up — ADJ: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as jumped up, you disapprove of them because they consider themselves to be more important than they really are. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He s nothing better than a jumped up bank clerk! …   English dictionary

  • jumped — jump jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {jumped} (j[u^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {jumping}.] [Akin to OD. gumpen, dial. G. gumpen, jumpen.] [1913 Webster] 1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one s self …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jumped-up — adjective (only before noun) BrE believing that you are more important than you really are, because you have improved your social position: some jumped up little bureaucrat …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • jumped-up — /ˈdʒʌmpt ʌp/ (say jumpt up) adjective Colloquial upstart; parvenu; conceited: *He had a poor view of anyone in authority; officers, bosses, little jumped up clerks behind a desk who hum and ha and make you feel like shit before they ll stamp… …  

  • jumped-up — /jumpt up /, adj. Chiefly Brit. having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant. [1825 35] * * * …   Universalium

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