jumped-up
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.25 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "2007, Nov 27. Scott Murray, writing in Guardian Unlimited: "Stuttgart 3-2 Rangers" We're doomed if this wee jumped-up monkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing."
- "1895, Punch, or the London Charivari, 24 August, 1895, "'Arry on Harry", https://books.google.ca/books?id=S5kwAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22jumped-up+cheap+Coventry%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s You jumped-up, cheap, Coventry bagman, / silk-sampling, no doubt, is your biz"
- "Well, you can have all my share of democracy. Between you and me, Gert, it's mainly a name for a lot of jumped-up ignoramuses who have no idea of how little they do know."
- "[…] the faithful service he gave was pearl cast before mean, gutless, brainless, up-jumped swine […]"
- "[…] I'm damned if I'm going to be harried and put off my stroke by the ridiculous self-importance of a jumped-up pastry-cook."
- ""My good wife flatters them, to call them knights. They’re upjumped sellswords, with not a thimble of chivalry to be found amongst the four of them.""
Usage
Inflected Forms
more jumped-up (comparative)
most jumped-up (superlative)