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Synonyms for stuck up


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : stuhk-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌkˈʌp

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Définition of stuck up

Origin :
  • Old English sticca "rod, twig, spoon," from Proto-Germanic *stikkon- "pierce, prick" (cf. Old Norse stik, Old High German stehho, German Stecken "stick, staff"), from PIE *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)). Meaning "staff used in a game" is from 1670s (originally billiards); meaning "manual gearshift lever" first recorded 1914. Stick-ball is attested from 1824. Alliterative connection of sticks and stones is recorded from mid-15c.
  • As in arrogant : adj having exaggerated self-opinion
  • As in mannered : adj affected, put-on
  • As in narcissistic : adj concerned only with oneself
  • As in pompous : adj arrogant, egotistic
  • As in proud : adj arrogant, self-important
  • As in remote : adj cold, detached; unapproachable
  • As in self-important : adj conceited
  • As in smug : adj pleased with oneself
  • As in snooty : adj haughty
  • As in snotty : adj arrogant
  • As in stuck-up : adj snobbish
  • As in superior : adj arrogant, haughty
  • As in unsociable : adj unfriendly
  • As in uppity : adj arrogant
  • As in vain : adj egotistical
  • As in vainglorious : adj boastful, proud
  • As in boastful : adj bragging
  • As in egotistic : adj conceited
  • As in bigheaded : adj egotistic
  • As in egoistic : adj egotistic
  • As in egoistical : adj egotistic
  • As in egotistical : adj egotistic
  • As in individualistic : adj egocentric
  • As in prideful : adj arrogant
  • As in prideful : adj proud
  • As in puffed-up : adj pompous
  • As in self-involved : adj egotistic
  • As in self-respecting : adj proud
  • As in self-seeking : adj egotistic
  • As in self-serving : adj egotistic
  • As in swellheaded : adj egotistic
  • As in conceited : adj egotistical
  • As in distant : adj aloof
  • As in egocentric : adj thinking very highly of oneself
  • As in egotistic/egoistic : adj thinking very highly of oneself
  • As in aloof : adj remote
  • As in haughty : adj arrogant
  • As in high and mighty : adj haughty, overbearing
  • As in highfalutin : adj pompous
  • As in loot : verb steal goods
  • As in mug : verb hold up
  • As in plunder : verb ravage, steal
  • As in protrude : verb stick out
  • As in rob : verb steal, deprive
  • As in shoplift : verb steal
  • As in steal : verb take something without permission
  • As in cock : verb aim up toward
  • As in hold up : verb rob
Example sentences :
  • Only the point of it stuck up; the rest was clipped as clean as a rat-terrier's.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • On the other I stuck up a chip from Carlyle, which I daresay is as familiar to you as to me.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Ain't too stuck up to shake hands after all these years, are you?
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • That stuck up Becky Hastings shan't have him, if I die for it.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • But the feelin' is that they finds her some stuck up an' haughty.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • Isn't the regulations of the house printed, and stuck up on all the walls?
  • Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
  • "Folks would say I was stuck up if I did that," retorted the youth quickly.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
  • I just stuck up a couple of sticks at supper time and came in.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo
  • Someone had stuck up a notice at the entrance to the gangway: ‘Don’t get born.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • I want to tell you how glad I am that you stuck up for Honor last night.
  • Extract from : « The New Girl at St. Chad's » by Angela Brazil

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