jumped-up

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Adjective jumped-up has 1 sense

jumped-up - (British informal) upstart
Antonym: unpretentious (indirect, via pretentious)

Definitions from the Web

Term: jumped-up Part of Speech: Adjective Sense: Disparaging term used to describe someone who is arrogant or thinks they are more important than they really are.

Sample Sentences:

She always acts like a jumped-up superstar, but she's really just a beginner.
He made some meaningless achievements and now he's all jumped-up and thinks he's the best.
Don't be so jumped-up about your promotion, you still have a lot to learn.

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