upright in English

adjective

1

vertical; erect.

the posts must be in an upright position

2

(of a person or their behavior) strictly honorable or honest.

an upright member of the community

synonyms: honest, honorable, upstanding, respectable, high-minded, law-abiding, right-minded, worthy, moral, ethical, righteous, decent, scrupulous, conscientious, good, virtuous, principled, of principle, noble, incorruptible

noun

1

a post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support.

the stone uprights of the parapet

2

an upright piano.

One option for families with children studying piano is to purchase uprights with the reduced keyboard and trade up later, as is done with different size violins.

adverb

1

in or into a vertical position.

she was sitting upright in bed

adjective

vertical, perpendicular, plumb, straight (up), straight up and down, standing, bolt upright, erect, on end, on one's feet
honest, honorable, upstanding, respectable, high-minded, law-abiding, right-minded, worthy, moral, ethical, righteous, decent, scrupulous, conscientious, good, virtuous, principled, of principle, noble, incorruptible
just, good
erect, vertical

noun

vertical, upright piano
vertical
upright piano

Use "upright" in a sentence

1. It's an upright town

2. An upright man is respectable.

3. Integrity Leads the Upright Ones

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6. She jerked upright in surprise.

7. She held herself rigidly upright.

8. Upright wings (132, 134) on each side of the base connect with the upright end wall.

9. Praise is Comely for the upright

10. The flag pole wouldn't stay upright.

11. They are conscientious and upright citizens.

12. 27 She held herself rigidly upright.

13. Helen sat upright in her chair.

14. 8 Slowly the boat came upright.

15. These sheep have graceful upright carriage .

16. He managed to pull himself upright.

17. He stood in an upright position.

18. Jesus died on an upright stake.

19. He was handsome, upright and Chivalrous

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21. Or “a blameless and upright man.”

22. 12 She sat upright in bed.

23. 10 An upright man is respectable.

24. Sit in a relaxed upright posture.

25. Upright, she was weary but unafraid.

26. Acetylene cylinders should always be stored upright.

27. 13 He managed to pull himself upright.

28. 5 He is upright in his dealings.

29. God’s “intimacy is with the upright ones.”

30. 21 The flag pole wouldn't stay upright.

31. 7 He stood in an upright position.

32. 1 He was handsome, upright and chivalrous.

33. And things I know to be upright.

34. 13 From those leaving the upright paths

35. 11 Helen sat upright in her chair.

36. Andirons from this period were made by attaching the upright to the arched legs by a tenon formed on the upright

37. Support for your Dyson DC07 (Clutched) upright vacuum

38. Power can not ride on an upright back.

39. Cautiously, he moved himself into an upright position.

40. They ram sticks upright into the stream bed.

41. Sejant Erect Affronty - sitting upright facing the viewer

42. Our tails stand upright bow before our might

43. Gradually elevate the patient into an upright position.

44. Several columns among the ruins still defiantly upright.

45. 5 Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking.

46. Let me* die the death of the upright,

47. 30 Keep the bottles in an upright position.

48. 28 She was sitting upright in her chair.

49. 22 Polly jerked upright, wild-eyed and blinking.

50. 2 An empty bad cannot stand upright.