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jumped-up

jumped-up |ˈˌʤəmp ˈtəp | adjective informal, chiefly Brit. denoting someone who considers themselves to be more important than they really are, or who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status: she's not really a journalist, more a jumped-up PR woman.

 

Oxford Dictionary

jumped-up

jumped-up adjective informal denoting someone who considers themselves to be more important than they really are, or who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status: she's not really a journalist, more a jumped-up PR woman.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

jumped-up

j mped- p /-tʌ́p /形容詞 ⦅英 くだけて 否定的に ⦆名詞 の前で 〗(地位を鼻にかけ )思い上がった ; 成り上がりの .