uppityness (Meaning)
uppityness (n)
assumption of airs beyond one's station
Synonyms & Antonyms of uppityness
Synonyms:
- dominant
- smug
- high-hat
- presuming
- cavalier
- imperious
- assumptive
- superior
- masterful
- bumptious
- uppish
- pompous
- domineering
- important
- high-handed
- authoritarian
- pretentious
- chesty
- sniffy
- hifalutin
- presumptuous
- haughty
- huffy
- supercilious
- high-and-mighty
- dominating
Antonyms:
- meek
- deferential
- cringing
- unobtrusive
- yielding
- unassuming
- unobtrusive
- unassuming
- diffident
- shrinking
- unassertive
- passive
- compliant
- submissive
- quiet
- quiet
- demure
- unarrogant
- acquiescent
- unaggressive
- cringing
- unassertive
- unarrogant
- meek
- diffident
- deferential
- introverted
- shrinking
- introverted
- submissive
- mousey
- acquiescent
- demure
- yielding
- mousey
- passive
- unaggressive
- compliant
- mousy
- mousy
Synonyms:
- narcissistic
- braggy
- peremptory
- hubristic
- proud
- prideful
- pontificating
- bragging
- huffish
- snobbish
- highfalutin
- braggart
- lordly
- patronizing
- cocky
- snobby
- boastful
- self-asserting
- impudent
- self-satisfied
- egoistical
- vainglorious
- toplofty
- magisterial
- saucy
- conceited
- vain
- immodest
- uninhibited
- stiff-necked
- bombastic
- bossy
- self-assertive
- stuck-up
- blustery
- condescending
- impertinent
- lofty
- egocentric
- complacent
- self-centered
- egoistic
- swaggering
- toploftical
- disdainful
- pontifical
- extraverted
- egotistic
- egotistical
- blusterous
- snooty
- overweening
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, dominant, smug, high-hat, presuming, cavalier, imperious, assumptive,superior, masterful
humble, timid, shy, bashful, timid, lowly, shy, unpretentious, bashful, 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.
