EGAVE

uppity

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
  2. adjective Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.

Similar words

overweening immodest snobbish toplofty presumptious overpresumptuous overhaughty puffed up arrogative arrogant

Often followed by

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Word family

uppitiness uppitinesses uppityness uppitynesses

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