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