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UK
/ˈʌpstɑːt/
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[ US /ˈəpˌstɑɹt/ ]
[ US /ˈəpˌstɑɹt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
NOUN
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- an arrogant or presumptuous person
- a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
How To Use upstart In A Sentence
- At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
- The subplots evolve around the fates of several individual soldiers of the Macht and a few other side characters: the young conscripts Gasca and Rictus of Isca, centurion Jason of Ferai, Vorus – the renegade general of the Assurian Empire, and Tyrin, the lowborn Kufr concubine of the upstart prince. Paul Kearney - The Ten Thousand (Book Review)
- McCain started off his campaign stacking his long resume against what he characterized as the meager accomplishments of slick talking Ivy League upstart. Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet
- Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
- The company has led the field to such an extent, and has produced so much good work over the last decade that has not been rewarded with Oscars, that I thought it a little sad that the first award went to the upstarts.
- Was last night as close as the upstart governor will ever get to beating the patrician Senator?
- The woman on the left (who looks a bit like Téa Leoni, I think) is obviously being confronted with some entitled upstart (look at that nose in the air!) and is on the point of delivering a well-deserved set-down. August 2007
- For the moment then, the TV executive who discriminated against me because of my plebeian roots is probably safe to continue discriminating against other cheeky upstarts.
- The media's role in exposing his unfortunate behaviour and upstart arrogance has been highly commendable.
- It is a relentless satire on the town's citizens, who are depicted as upstarts clambering up the social ladder despite their patent inadequacy.