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