stuck-up
snobbishly conceited.
Origin of stuck-up
1Other words for stuck-up
Other words from stuck-up
- stuck-upness, noun
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How to use stuck-up in a sentence
And just in case she gets stuck up there, she has a garter belt–fanny pack around her thigh to keep a phone in and call for help.
Failing that, we were labeled "coincées," stuck-up prudes who didn't understand men and didn't know how to have fun.
At the time, Universal Co-Chairman Marc Shmuger stuck up for Mann.
My mother collared one of the photos, of course; the other is stuck up on my wall as the chief of our sept.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonJim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The duke he hired the court house, and we went around and stuck up our bills.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)Skeen told us that when the Turks stuck up a placard saying Warsaw had fallen, the Australians gave three hearty cheers.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 | Ian HamiltonHe was small and chunky in build, and nervous in his mind, and had red fuzzy hair that stuck up around his head like an aureole.
The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
British Dictionary definitions for stuck-up
informal conceited, arrogant, or snobbish
Derived forms of stuck-up
- stuck-upness, noun
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