STUCK-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stuck-up mean? 

• STUCK-UP (adjective)
  The adjective STUCK-UP has 1 sense:

1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

  Familiarity information: STUCK-UP used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STUCK-UP (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

Synonyms:

bigheaded; persnickety; snooty; snot-nosed; snotty; stuck-up; too big for one's breeches; uppish

Context example:

they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety

Similar:

proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)

 Context examples 

But Amy had not forgotten Miss Snow's cutting remarks about 'some persons whose noses were not too flat to smell other people's limes, and stuck-up people who were not too proud to ask for them', and she instantly crushed 'that Snow girl's' hopes by the withering telegram, You needn't be so polite all of a sudden, for you won't get any.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)