as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
the new employee's uppish airs aren't winning him many friends among his colleagues
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arrogant
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In the early years of his fame as a writer, Rushdie had something of a reputation for being prickly and arrogant, but Gibney’s portrait reveals a man mellowed by time and experience.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Spock is this brilliant, arrogant, aloof-to-the-point-of-obnoxiousness genius.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Uppish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppish. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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