jumped-up

• Adjetivo británico informal que se usa para describir a una persona que se comporta como si fuera más importante de lo que realmente es, a menudo por haber ascendido recientemente de estatus o puesto.

An informal British adjective used to describe someone who is acting as if they are more important than they really are, often due to having recently gained a higher status or position.

1. Upstart or arrogantC1informalbritish

   Describes a person who behaves as if they are more important than they really are, often because they have recently gained success or power.

   Presuntuoso, advenedizo

   • He's just a jumped-up office boy who thinks he's the manager.
   • Don't take orders from that jumped-up little clerk.
   • She's a jumped-up nobody who got lucky.

   Sinónimosarrogantconceitedoverweeningpresumptuouspretentiousself-importantupstart

   Antónimoshumblemodestself-effacingunassuming