ADJECTIVE
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(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
a snotty little scion of a degenerate family
they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
How To Use stuck-up In A Sentence
- ‘Kids had boards that were monsters, nine feet tall, and the judges were real stuck-up,’ he said.
- She was stuck-up, snobby; there was no other word for it.
- They always gave that stuck-up, snooty look to old technical teachers like me.
- She was a famous actress, but she wasn't a bit stuck-up.
- He is Leroy Hamilton, lineal descendant of Alexander Hamilton, and not in the least stuck-up about it; he is the decent, unassuming last Yankee of the title.
- It's great you won a prize - as long as you're not acting stuck-up, boasting about it or hanging with the teacher.
- they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
- The cousins were a boy and a girl and they were older and stuck-up. The Perfumed Kitten
- I think they were a little stuck-up about it, believing it to be an act unrivalled in devotedness, and they were most tiresome all the afternoon, talking about their secret, and not letting us know what it was. New Treasure Seekers
- That sounds totally stuck-up and fruity, but it's true.