jumped-up
Above one's station
Jumped-up describes someone or something that has risen above its proper station, with the implication that the elevation is undeserved or pretentious.
A jumped-up clerk acts like an executive.
A jumped-up coffee shop charges premium prices without the quality to justify them.
The term is dismissive, suggesting the subject has gotten above itself.
More common in British than American English.
Arrogantly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- too big for one's bootsOverestimating one's own importance
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- puffed-upExcessively self-important
overreaching · presumptuous · social climber · nouveau riche · upstart · arriviste · parvenu · tin-pot
uppity
Arrogantly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- too big for one's bootsOverestimating one's own importance
- inflatedExpanded with gas
puffed-up · overreaching · presumptuous · social climber · nouveau riche · upstart · arriviste · parvenu · tin-pot · two-bit
jumped-upgenuine
Truly what it claims
authentic · legitimate · bona fide · true · established
jumped-uphumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · unpretentious · unassuming · down-to-earth · self-effacing
jump, jumpy, jumping, jumper, jumps, jumped, outjump, jump up, jumpable