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upstart

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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.

upstart
Noun
a person who has risen suddenly to a position of power and behaves arrogantly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.upstartupstart - 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
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
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.upstartupstart - characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
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"

upstart
noun social climber, nobody, nouveau riche (French) parvenu, arriviste, status seeker
Translations
Spanish upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] nadvenedizo
French upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] nparvenu(e)
German upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] (pej) nEmporkömmling m
Italian upstart [ˈʌpstɑːt] nparvenu m inv

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-have we lived to see the day when a blaspheming and idolatrous upstart of Rome shall accuse us of appropriating to the appetites of the flesh the most holy and consecrated elements?
That shall I have without delay, as well as this upstart knight's estates; for King Richard is lately returned, I hear, from the Holy Land.
One called him "an upstart Crow, beautified in our feathers .
 
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