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What do you call someone who is stuck?

What do you call someone who is stuck?

arrogant, cocky, conceited, condescending, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, hoity-toity, ostentatious, patronizing, pompous, pretentious, puffed up, snippy, snooty, snotty, too big for one’s britches, uppity, vain.

What is a word for living in the past?

What is another word for living in the past?

thinking back remembering
evoking ruminating
talking about retrospecting
retaining looking back on
dwelling on the past indulging in reminiscence

What is the word for being stuck on yourself?

self-satisfied. conceited. egoistic. holier-than-thou. hotshot.

What is the meaning of bittersweet memories?

1 : being at once bitter and sweet especially : pleasant but including or marked by elements of suffering or regret a bittersweet ballad bittersweet memories. 2 : of or relating to a prepared chocolate containing little sugar bittersweet chocolate chips.

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What is the meaning of the word stuck?

stuck. verb. past tense of stick. Synonyms & Antonyms of stuck (Entry 2 of 2) 1 to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion. those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems. Synonyms for stuck. adhered, cleaved.

What do you call someone who is stuck in the past?

Nostalgic, living in the past and stuck in the past. Consequently, posted answers will succeed in sounding only contrived. – Mari-Lou A Oct 26 ’13 at 22:37 Add a comment | 6 Answers 6 ActiveOldestVotes 4 I do not think you can do much better than to describe such person as ‘a nostalgic’.

Are We really stuck in the past?

They are truly ‘stuck in the past’, their memory and mind revolving perpetually around a past from which they struggle, sometimes for years, to be free. But if you are confining yourself to the generality of humanity who simply regret lost opportunities or feel remorse for wrongdoing, then I think the Cambridge quote is quite suitable.

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Are they stuck in the past and living a life of regret?

In other words, they are stuck in the past and living a life of regret. An alternative to this sorry state of affairs is to take to heart the words of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas who said in his famous poem (or villanelle),