jumped-up attitude
- noun
- Offensive
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actitud engreída
- Don't let his jumped-up attitude fool you; he started here just last year.
Examples
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Her jumped-up attitude annoyed everyone at the meeting.
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I can't stand his jumped-up attitude during the presentation.
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Her jumped-up attitude made it hard for her coworkers to relate to her.
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People grew tired of his jumped-up attitude after only a few meetings.
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His jumped-up attitude and constant bragging made him unpopular among the team.
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Her jumped-up attitude led to conflicts with colleagues who preferred a more humble approach.
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Despite his skills, his jumped-up attitude turned many people against him.
Synonyms
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8.1
Acting as if better than other people
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6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
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7.4
Thinking you are more important or better than other people
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8.7
Being too confident in a rude way
A way of behaving that shows you act too proud and think you are better than others
Acting as if more important or better than other people
A way of acting as if one is better than other people
A way of acting that is arrogant and demanding
Antonyms
How Arrogant
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7.7
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7.9
- Offensive
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4.8
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6.2
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound adjective 'jumped-up' meaning 'pretentious' is metaphorical and somewhat lexicalized, so a B1 learner who only knows the literal senses of 'jumped' and 'up' would probably not predict the exact meaning. However, there is a partial cue — 'up' can suggest elevation in status and combined with 'attitude' yields an elevated/self-important stance — so the relation is partially inferable but not fully transparent.
Etymology
The expression jumped-up attitude comes from the picture of a person who suddenly jumped-up to a higher place and then looks down on others. That's why it now means 'being arrogant' or 'acting more important than others'.