uppity in English

adjective

1

self-important; arrogant.

an uppity sister-in-law

synonyms: arrogant, snobbish, hoity-toity, snooty, pretentious, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, overbearing, cocky, cocksure, impertinent, haughty, self-important, superior, presumptuous, overweening, uppish, high and mighty, too big for one's britches/boots, highfalutin, fancy-pants, la-di-da

adjective

• arrogant, snobbish, hoity-toity, snooty, pretentious, bumptious, full of oneself, puffed up, conceited, pompous, self-assertive, overbearing, cocky, cocksure, impertinent, haughty, self-important, superior, presumptuous, overweening, uppish, high and mighty, too big for one's britches/boots, highfalutin, fancy-pants, la-di-da
• overweening

Use "uppity" in a sentence

1. That's what you get for acting uppity.

2. They're snobs -- stuck - up and uppity and persnickety.

3. Synonyms for Condescending include arrogant, patronising, patronizing, haughty, supercilious, superior, pompous, snooty, uppity and snobbish

4. 7 By 19 when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women,(www.Sentencedict.com) was current.

5. By 19 when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.

6. This is not some uppity, shoe-staring, angst-Adrench cover band this is the world-girdling juggernaut itself; these are not pretenders to the throne this IS Queen