uppityness (Meaning)
uppityness (n)
assumption of airs beyond one's station
Synonyms & Antonyms of uppityness
Synonyms:
- high-hat
- haughty
- pretentious
- domineering
- bumptious
- supercilious
- authoritarian
- huffy
- chesty
- high-handed
- dominant
- important
- masterful
- imperious
- sniffy
- uppish
- cavalier
- smug
- presumptuous
- pompous
- assumptive
- high-and-mighty
- superior
- hifalutin
- presuming
- dominating
Antonyms:
- demure
- mousey
- shrinking
- acquiescent
- meek
- unassertive
- quiet
- quiet
- demure
- compliant
- unarrogant
- unobtrusive
- cringing
- diffident
- unarrogant
- unobtrusive
- acquiescent
- yielding
- passive
- deferential
- compliant
- deferential
- yielding
- meek
- submissive
- shrinking
- mousey
- unaggressive
- submissive
- mousy
- introverted
- mousy
- unassuming
- introverted
- unassertive
- diffident
- unassuming
- passive
- unaggressive
- cringing
Synonyms:
- egoistic
- swaggering
- self-centered
- toplofty
- pontifical
- condescending
- snobbish
- overweening
- impudent
- bombastic
- egotistical
- stuck-up
- boastful
- uninhibited
- prideful
- self-satisfied
- cocky
- complacent
- saucy
- snobby
- blusterous
- lofty
- peremptory
- toploftical
- bragging
- conceited
- impertinent
- huffish
- highfalutin
- blustery
- stiff-necked
- egoistical
- patronizing
- vainglorious
- bossy
- lordly
- proud
- egocentric
- egotistic
- braggart
- self-assertive
- braggy
- disdainful
- narcissistic
- snooty
- extraverted
- self-asserting
- immodest
- pontificating
- vain
- hubristic
- magisterial
Antonyms:
uppityness Sentence Examples
- The manager's uppityness alienated the employees and created a hostile work environment.
- Some people find her uppityness charming, but others find it off-putting.
- I've never met anyone as uppity as her; she acts like she's better than everyone else.
- The uppityness of the upper-class elite can be incredibly condescending.
- Her uppityness got her into trouble with the authorities.
- I hate dealing with uppity people; they're always trying to act superior.
- The uppityness of the new receptionist turned off customers.
- He has such an uppityness about him; it's like he thinks he's the only intelligent person in the room.
- I don't appreciate the uppityness of this new employee; he needs to learn his place.
- The uppityness of certain individuals can be a major turn-off in social situations.
FAQs About the word uppityness
assumption of airs beyond one's station
arrogant, high-hat, haughty, pretentious, domineering, bumptious, supercilious, authoritarian, huffy, chesty
bashful, modest, unpretentious, lowly, bashful, shy, modest, lowly, shy, subdued
The manager's uppityness alienated the employees and created a hostile work environment.
Some people find her uppityness charming, but others find it off-putting.
I've never met anyone as uppity as her; she acts like she's better than everyone else.
The uppityness of the upper-class elite can be incredibly condescending.
