stuck-up

Too good, supposedly

Stuck-up describes someone who acts superior and looks down on others.

The term suggests arrogance combined with aloofness—a person too proud to associate with those they consider beneath them: She was too stuck-up to talk to us.

The hyphen is standard.

attitude

snooty

Affectedly superior in manner

conceited · vain · pompous · smug · self-important · egotistical · aloof · supercilious · hoity-toity · highfalutin

social

elitist

One favoring the privileged

snob · posh · uppity · class-conscious · bourgeois · name-dropper · ostentatious · showy · priggish · affected

behavior

condescending

Superior and dismissive manner

contemptuous · scornful · sneering · snubbing · cold-shoulder · standoffish · unapproachable · distant · frosty · icy

Categories
Opposites
self-regard and humility

stuck-uphumble

Unassuming about oneself

modest · down-to-earth · unpretentious · unassuming · egoless

social approachability

stuck-upfriendly

Showing kindness, warmth

approachable · warm · down-to-earth · welcoming · affable

Family

stick, sticky, stuck, sticks, sticking, stickiness, unstuck, stickier, stickiest

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G