uppity
About 0.12 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
- 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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