upstart
IPA: ˈʌpstɑrt
noun
- One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
- The meadow saffron.
verb
- to rise suddenly, to spring
adjective
- Acting like a parvenu.
- self-important and presumptuous.
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Examples of "upstart" in Sentences
- He is known as an upstart.
- Why is he known as an upstart
- He called his boss an upstart.
- Does Anwar stand for the upstarts
- Do you agree that he is an upstart
- People in the barn think that he is an upstart.
- Eventually he grew tired of the new upstart teenagers.
- In 1890 the Metropolitan sold the line to the upstart company.
- From the outset the state viewed the upstart paper as a threat.
- The upstart American League established a competing club in Boston.