as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
uppity social climbers who were the biggest snobs in town
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Recent Examples of uppity
There were some in the UK, and even on this side of the pond, who wanted the queen to assert her authority and slap down her presumptuous grandson and his uppity wife.
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Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
So was the mayor of Tomsk, his fate a warning to uppity regional politicians.
—The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2019
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
—Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, 22 June 2019
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Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2020
So was the mayor of Tomsk, his fate a warning to uppity regional politicians.
—The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
The John Wayne machismo attitude of Cliff (Brad Pitt), an aging stuntman who defeats the arrogant, uppity Chinese guy harks back to the very stereotypes Bruce was trying to dismantle.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2019
But for a kid in Kentucky, Stonewall—even as recounted by White and others who were there—represented, at best, a kind of aspirational gay life, a bevy of uppity queers fighting for their decidedly unrespectable libidinal community.
—Michelle Tea, Harper's magazine, 22 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppity
arrogant
Adjective
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The rabbi is ornery, arrogant, sometimes cruel.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Those leaders who ignore or flout the law aren’t merely unethical but fatally arrogant, putting their childish willfulness over the wisdom of generations.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Uppity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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