uppishness Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- domineering
- toplofty
- dominating
- high-hat
- presuming
- peremptory
- smug
- bumptious
- huffy
- toploftical
- pretentious
- pompous
- important
- self-assertive
- hifalutin
- cavalier
- imperious
- high-handed
- dominant
- uppity
- high-and-mighty
- supercilious
- assumptive
- haughty
- superior
- proud
- masterful
- sniffy
- presumptuous
- chesty
Weak:
- lofty
- magisterial
- boastful
- pontifical
- huffish
- prideful
- braggy
- hubristic
- saucy
- patronizing
- bossy
- self-centered
- egocentric
- condescending
- egotistic
- snobby
- vain
- impertinent
- extraverted
- uninhibited
- self-satisfied
- conceited
- highfalutin
- self-complacent
- complacent
- overweening
- snooty
- swaggering
- egotistical
- vainglorious
- impudent
- self-asserting
- authoritarian
- egoistical
- pontificating
- bombastic
- cocky
- narcissistic
- stuck-up
- self-conceited
- immodest
- egoistic
- stiff-necked
- extroverted
- blusterous
- blustery
- braggart
- lordly
- snobbish
- disdainful
Strongest:
- humble
- subdued
- diffident
- unpretentious
- diffident
- sheepish
- modest
- timid
- sheepish
- timid
- lowly
- unpretentious
- modest
- lowly
- bashful
- subdued
- humble
- shy
- shy
- bashful
Strong:
- mousey
- unassuming
- meek
- introverted
- passive
- yielding
- deferential
- mousey
- compliant
- meek
- unaggressive
- unaggressive
- submissive
- shrinking
- quiet
- yielding
- unobtrusive
- introverted
- unarrogant
- quiet
- overmodest
- unassertive
- overmodest
- acquiescent
- demure
- compliant
- passive
- deferential
- unassuming
- unarrogant
- acquiescent
- demure
- shrinking
- mousy
- unobtrusive
- mousy
- self-critical
- self-critical
- unassertive
- submissive
Weak:
uppishness Meaning
Wordnet
uppishness (n)
assumption of airs beyond one's station
uppishness Sentence Examples
- The arrogant CEO's uppishness alienated his employees.
- The wealthy neighbor's uppishness was palpable in their lavish parties.
- The teacher's uppishness made it difficult for students to approach her.
- The newcomer was immediately met with uppishness from her snobby colleagues.
- The supervisor's uppishness created a hostile work environment.
- The snob's uppishness was evident in his haughty manner.
- The celebrity's uppishness made them unapproachable.
- The haughty manager's uppishness was a major turn-off for job applicants.
- The condescending politician's uppishness angered voters.
- The self-righteous student's uppishness was met with disapproval.
FAQs About the word uppishness
assumption of airs beyond one's station
arrogant, domineering, toplofty, dominating, high-hat, presuming, peremptory, smug, bumptious, huffy
humble, subdued, diffident, unpretentious, diffident, sheepish, modest, timid, sheepish, timid
The arrogant CEO's uppishness alienated his employees.
The wealthy neighbor's uppishness was palpable in their lavish parties.
The teacher's uppishness made it difficult for students to approach her.
The newcomer was immediately met with uppishness from her snobby colleagues.
