Uppity - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈʌpətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word uppity
Brit.  |ˈʌpɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word uppity

adjective

- presumptuously arrogant (syn: overweening)
getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down

Extra examples

Don't get uppity with me.

...uppity social climbers who were the biggest snobs in town...

...the leaders of the American suffragists were originally regarded by many people as uppity moderns who should have stayed in their place...

... she has seen generations of boys come and go, some well groomed and courteous, others rough and uppity ...

...an immodest proposal for altering the town's traditional character by an uppity newcomer at his first town meeting...

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