uppity

Word family adjectiveupmostupperuppermostuppishuppityup-and-cominguplandishnounuppinguppishnessupwardnessupbowuplanduplanderupper classupper crustuppercutupper schoolupperworksupsideadverbuppishlyupwardupwardlyupside downupsidesup

up·pi·ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British EnglishBrE /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjectiveadj informal

PROUDbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect 傲慢的，自大的，盛气凌人的

uppity kids

目中无人的小孩

Examples from the Corpus

uppity• Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity.• The army stamps with efficiency on any uppity religious leaders.• By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.

Origin uppity

(1800-1900) up

单词	uppity
释义	uppity Word family adjectiveupmostupperuppermostuppishuppityup-and-cominguplandishnounuppinguppishnessupwardnessupbowuplanduplanderupper classupper crustuppercutupper schoolupperworksupsideadverbuppishlyupwardupwardlyupside downupsidesup up·pi·ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British EnglishBrE /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjectiveadj informal PROUDbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect 傲慢的，自大的，盛气凌人的 uppity kids 目中无人的小孩 Examples from the Corpus uppity• Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity.• The army stamps with efficiency on any uppity religious leaders.• By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current. Origin uppity (1800-1900) up
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