upstart

up·start  (pstärt)

n.

A person of humble origin who attains sudden wealth, power, or importance, especially one made immodest or presumptuous by the change; a parvenu.

adj.

1. Suddenly raised to a position of consequence.

2. Self-important; presumptuous.

intr.v. (p-stärt) up·start·ed, up·start·ing, up·starts

To spring or start up suddenly.

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upstart

Noun

a person who has risen suddenly to a position of power and behaves arrogantly

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	upstart - an arrogant or presumptuous person disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable smart aleck, weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer - an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments
	2.	upstart - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable social climber, climber - someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior junior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business"
	3.	upstart - 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 kip gymnastic exercise - (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus)
Adj.	1.	upstart - characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

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upstart

noun social climber, nobody, nouveau riche (French) parvenu, arriviste, status seeker

Translations

upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] n → advenedizo

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upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] n → parvenu(e)

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upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] (pej) n → Emporkömmling m

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upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] n → parvenu m inv