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Uppish (Adjective)

Meaning

(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Examples

  • She couldn't stand the new colleague with her uppish attitude towards the team members.
  • He started off humble, but his rise to fame soon brought out an uppish side he hadn't known he had.
  • Some viewers accused the award-winning actress of coming across as rather uppish in the TV interview.
  • With their money and fancy upbringing, they tended to act quite uppish and treat those with lesser means poorly.
  • Despite their low grades, they continued to talk with an uppish air of intellectual superiority about obscure philosophical topics.

Synonyms

  • Persnickety
  • Snotty
  • Bigheaded
  • Snooty
  • Snot-nosed
  • Stuck-up
  • Too Big For One's Breeches

Related Words

  • Uppishness (noun)
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