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Definition of upstart in English: upstartnoun ˈʌpstɑːtˈəpˌstɑrt 1derogatory A person who has risen suddenly in rank or importance, especially one who behaves arrogantly. the upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule Example sentencesExamples - It is a charge which the upstart organisation has been quick to dispel, stressing co-operation rather than conflict.
- A small upstart company making a small operating system would not present much of a target to hackers, and would thus pay negligible premiums.
- So, just who are these upstarts from Clarinbridge?
- The upstart company owns cemeteries in California, Missouri and Kansas, as well as a plot of Web space.
- But be scrupulously polite to the people you criticize: A polite upstart is more tolerated than a rude one.
- At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
- Suddenly, nobody wanted to sell paper to an upstart little company with a lousy credit rating.
- The guitarist leader plays with the intelligent spark of an upstart and the relaxed confidence of a veteran.
- A Green Party that refuses to build bridges with allies outside of its own confines is destined to doom - as so many previous third-party upstarts learned.
- The company has led the field to such an extent, and has produced so much good work over the last decade that has not been rewarded with Oscars, that I thought it a little sad that the first award went to the upstarts.
- I keep wondering why the biggest document and content management companies remain asleep at the wheel while these upstarts are redefining the way that businesses will communicate.
- Last year the upstart newcomers not only won their division but won the League as well, earning the right to go up against the mighty New York Yankees in the World Series - they beat them.
- Was last night as close as the upstart governor will ever get to beating the patrician Senator?
- In that area, primary voters like upstarts and outsiders.
- The leader of the pride is always aware of young upstarts who will one day usurp them.
- They're even worse than those of the XFL, the upstart football league that barely lasted a season south of the border.
- In today's politics it is becoming a bit more difficult as people who ought to give guidance to political upstarts are themselves in front hurling invectives.
- It is a relentless satire on the town's citizens, who are depicted as upstarts clambering up the social ladder despite their patent inadequacy.
- The media's role in exposing his unfortunate behaviour and upstart arrogance has been highly commendable.
- Maybe that's hypocritical, and maybe it's just a part of the aging process - as a once-controversial practice becomes accepted, a new group of upstarts comes along.
Synonyms parvenu(e), arriviste, nouveau riche, vulgarian status seeker, social climber (upstarts), the new rich, new money informal would-be, wannabe 2A series of movements on the parallel or asymmetric bars, by which a gymnast swings to a position in which their body is supported by their arms above the bar, especially at the start of a routine.
Definition of upstart in US English: upstartnounˈəpˌstɑrtˈəpˌstärt derogatory A person who has risen suddenly to wealth or high position, especially one who behaves arrogantly. the upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule as modifier an upstart leader Example sentencesExamples - In that area, primary voters like upstarts and outsiders.
- The media's role in exposing his unfortunate behaviour and upstart arrogance has been highly commendable.
- In today's politics it is becoming a bit more difficult as people who ought to give guidance to political upstarts are themselves in front hurling invectives.
- A Green Party that refuses to build bridges with allies outside of its own confines is destined to doom - as so many previous third-party upstarts learned.
- The leader of the pride is always aware of young upstarts who will one day usurp them.
- It is a relentless satire on the town's citizens, who are depicted as upstarts clambering up the social ladder despite their patent inadequacy.
- Suddenly, nobody wanted to sell paper to an upstart little company with a lousy credit rating.
- So, just who are these upstarts from Clarinbridge?
- The upstart company owns cemeteries in California, Missouri and Kansas, as well as a plot of Web space.
- Maybe that's hypocritical, and maybe it's just a part of the aging process - as a once-controversial practice becomes accepted, a new group of upstarts comes along.
- I keep wondering why the biggest document and content management companies remain asleep at the wheel while these upstarts are redefining the way that businesses will communicate.
- At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
- Last year the upstart newcomers not only won their division but won the League as well, earning the right to go up against the mighty New York Yankees in the World Series - they beat them.
- Was last night as close as the upstart governor will ever get to beating the patrician Senator?
- It is a charge which the upstart organisation has been quick to dispel, stressing co-operation rather than conflict.
- A small upstart company making a small operating system would not present much of a target to hackers, and would thus pay negligible premiums.
- The company has led the field to such an extent, and has produced so much good work over the last decade that has not been rewarded with Oscars, that I thought it a little sad that the first award went to the upstarts.
- They're even worse than those of the XFL, the upstart football league that barely lasted a season south of the border.
- But be scrupulously polite to the people you criticize: A polite upstart is more tolerated than a rude one.
- The guitarist leader plays with the intelligent spark of an upstart and the relaxed confidence of a veteran.
Synonyms parvenu, parvenue, arriviste, nouveau riche, vulgarian
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