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uppity::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overweening |
| Derivation | uppityness |
getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down.
Examples of uppity
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Judging by the albums alone, you might take him for an uppity, bookish character.
From the post-gazette.com
My older sister went off to this fancy college and came home all fine and uppity.
From the theatlantic.com
The conference, it seems, was useful as an excuse to lay low uppity reformists.
From the economist.com
And besides, it is really bad karma to be so uppity about your station in life.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
But when confronted with a word from a less familiar language, I'm not so uppity.
From the economist.com
Barack Obama can't be all that uppity if he's busting a move with Ellen DeGeneres.
From the cnn.com
In the 60s we had them howling about uppity insolent youth, now they are THEM.
From the economist.com
Her clients sport a variety of looks from downright casual to uppity styling.
From the stltoday.com
Two ferries came in twice a'day, bring'n them uppity folks from the mainland.
From the npr.org
- Overweening: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
- (uppityness) assumption of airs beyond one's station
- Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important
- (uppitiness) The state, or an instance, of being uppity
