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