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