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