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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Adj.

stuck-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"

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.

Translations

stuck-up

[ˈstʌkˈʌp] ADJ → presumido, engreído
to be very stuck-up about sth → presumir mucho a causa de algo

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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

stuck-up

→ مَغْرُور domýšlivý storsnudet hochnäsig ψηλομύτης creído koppava bêcheur uobražen pieno di sé 高慢ちきな 우쭐대는 verwaand overlegen zarozumiały convencido высокомерный snobbig เย่อหยิ่ง kibirli vênh vác 高傲的

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The man who gave us Gremlins and The Goonies this time turns his attentions to superdork Denis who uses his school graduation speech to declare his love for the pretty but stuck-up Beth Cooper (Heroes' Hayden Panettiere).

A graduation infatuation; MOVIES

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.