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