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