Phrase guide

stuck up

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others, usually because of abundant success; haughty, arrogant or egotistical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • The rich people in that neighborhood were stuck up and not friendly at all.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Jammed; stuck and unable to move.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • The type of battery and the battery power level may cause the lens to be stuck up.
  • We were stuck up here for three hours!.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of stick up

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: lovğa — snobbish, conceited
  • Bulgarian: високоме́рен (visokoméren) — snobbish, conceited
  • Bulgarian: сно́бски (snóbski) — snobbish, conceited
  • Dutch: hooghartig — snobbish, conceited
  • Dutch: zelfingenomen — snobbish, conceited
  • Finnish: tärkeilevä — snobbish, conceited
  • Finnish: leveilevä — snobbish, conceited
  • Finnish: leventelevä — snobbish, conceited
  • Finnish: rehentelevä — snobbish, conceited
  • French: hautain — snobbish, conceited
  • French: orgueilleux — snobbish, conceited
  • French: vaniteux — snobbish, conceited
  • German: eingebildet — snobbish, conceited
  • Latin: vultuōsus — snobbish, conceited
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: waawaha — snobbish, conceited
  • Portuguese: metido — snobbish, conceited
  • Russian: высокоме́рный (vysokomérnyj) — snobbish, conceited
  • Russian: зано́счивый (zanósčivyj) — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: altanero — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: arrogante — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: estirado — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: pituco — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: siútico — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: fresa — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: creído — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: pijo — snobbish, conceited
  • Spanish: endiosado — snobbish, conceited
  • Swedish: fisförnäm — snobbish, conceited