Upstart Definition

ŭpstärt
upstarts
noun
upstarts
A person who has recently come into wealth, power, etc., esp. one who behaves in a presumptuous, aggressive manner; parvenu.
Webster's New World
The meadow saffron.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Suddenly raised to a position of consequence.
American Heritage
Newly rich, powerful, etc.
Webster's New World
Of or characteristic of an upstart.
Webster's New World
Self-important; presumptuous.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
upstarts
To start, or spring, up or cause to spring up.
Webster's New World

Origin of Upstart

  • up- +"Ž start

    From Wiktionary

Upstart Sentence Examples

  • I decided that I would show this young upstart how to attack a good bend.

  • I do n't actually give a shit if you think I 'm a cheeky upstart and have no right to comment.

  • Because if this brash young upstart is to be believed, acquiring these hard-won skills is now an easy matter.

  • Some residents at the time regarded the Pavilion as a ' new fangled upstart of a cinema '.

  • The British press was nasty, seeing it as a battle of class -- an English gentleman against an American Jewish woman upstart.

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