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View usage for: (ʌpɪti) adjectiveIf you say that someone is uppity, you mean that they are behaving as if they were very important and you do not think that they are important. [informal, disapproval] If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity. Synonyms: conceited, cocky, swanky [informal], self-important More Synonyms of uppity uppity in British English (ˈʌpɪtɪ) adjective informal1. not yielding easily to persuasion or control 2. another word for uppish Word origin from up + fanciful ending, perhaps influenced by -ityuppity in American English (ˈʌpəti) US adjective Informal inclined to be haughty, arrogant, snobbish, etc. Derived forms uppityness (ˈuppityness) noun Synonyms of 'uppity'conceited, cocky, swanky, self-important More Synonyms of uppity Definition snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous (informal) She wasn't uppity or big-headed; she was so natural and relaxed. Synonyms swanky (informal) on your high horse (informal) uppish (British, informal) full of yourself too big for your boots or breeches (informal) Additional synonymsWhat an arrogant, bigheaded bully. Synonyms boastful, arrogant, swaggering, bragging, cocky, vaunting, conceited, puffed-up, bumptious, immodest, crowing, overconfident, vainglorious, swollen-headed, egotistic, full of yourself, too big for your boots or breeches Definition offensively self-assertive or conceited a bumptious young man Synonyms cocky, forward, arrogant, brash, swaggering, vaunting, pushy (informal), conceited, showy, overbearing, presumptuous, boastful, impudent, overconfident, vainglorious, self-assertive, egotistic, full of yourselfDefinition excessively proud of oneself He was a little cocky because he was winning all the time. Synonyms overconfident, arrogant, brash, swaggering, conceited, egotistical, cocksure, swollen-headed, vain, full of yourself- upper class
- uppermost
- uppish
- uppity
- upright
- uprightness
- uprising
Additional synonymshis overweening arrogance and pride Synonyms arrogant, lordly, proud, vain, swaggering, pompous, cocky, conceited, blustering, imperious, self-confident, overbearing, haughty, opinionated, egotistical, disdainful, presumptuous, high-handed, insolent, supercilious, high and mighty (informal), cocksure, vainglorious, uppish (British, informal) Definition having an unduly high opinion of one's own importance He was self-important, vain and ignorant. Synonyms conceited, arrogant, pompous, strutting, swaggering, cocky, pushy (informal), overbearing, presumptuous, bumptious, swollen-headed, bigheaded, full of yourself Synonyms conceited, affected, arrogant, stuck-up (informal), cocky, snobbish, self-important, presumptuous, uppity (informal), supercilious, high and mighty (informal), overweening, toffee-nosed (slang, British), putting on airs, hoity-toity (informal) |