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    jumped-up

    adjective

    • 1. denoting someone who considers themselves to be more important than they really are, or who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status: informal "she's not really a journalist, more a jumped-up PR woman"

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  2. JUMPED-UP definition: 1. behaving as if you are very important in your job or position, especially because you used to be…. Learn more.

  3. Jun 20, 2024 · The meaning of JUMPED-UP is having a too high an opinion of one's own importance. How to use jumped-up in a sentence.

  4. If you describe someone as jumped-up, you disapprove of them because they consider themselves to be more important than they really are.

  5. Jumped-up definition: having recently gained prominence or fame and appearing arrogant.. See examples of JUMPED-UP used in a sentence.

  6. jumped-up meaning: 1. behaving as if you are very important in your job or position, especially because you used to be…. Learn more.

  7. adjective conceited, arrogant, pompous, stuck-up, cocky, overbearing, puffed up, presumptuous, insolent, immodest, toffee-nosed, self-opinionated, too big for your boots or breeches He's nothing better than a jumped-up bank clerk!

  8. Definition of jumped-up adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. Apr 29, 2024 · IPA guide. Definitions of jumped-up. adjective. (British informal) upstart. synonyms: pretentious. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.

  10. Jun 2, 2024 · jumped - up ( comparative more jumped-up, superlative most jumped-up) ( idiomatic, derogatory) Thinking or acting as if one is superior, as by pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than is the case.

  11. Jumped-up definition: Having recently gained wealth, power, success, etc. and regarded as behaving presumptuously, aggressively, etc.