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Definitions

stuck-up

[stuhk-uhp] / ˈstʌkˈʌp /
ADJECTIVE
snobbish
Synonyms
WEAK
arrogant big-headed cocky conceited condescending egotistic haughty high-and-mighty hoity-toity nose in the air ostentatious patronizing pompous pretentious puffed up snippy snooty snotty too big for one's britches uppity vain

Example Sentences

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She leaps on the wall dividing her home and that of her stuck-up neighbors, in heels no less.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

“Every time you came in, whether you were new or had been there for so long, there was never a stuck-up feeling like you don’t belong.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A gallant blue-collar widower strikes up an improbable romance with a wealthy, stuck-up heiress betrothed to a cocky himbo who is written expressly to be disliked.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2022

“We all know there are no unmarried princesses left. Even if there were, I don’t want to marry anyone, let alone some stuck-up royal. I’m just fine where I am!”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley