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uppity
[ uhp-i-tee ]
adjective
- affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
- rebelliously self-assertive; not inclined to be tractable or deferential.
uppity
/ 藞蕦辫瑟迟瑟 /
adjective
- not yielding easily to persuasion or control
- another word for uppish
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻辫顎僷颈路迟测路苍别蝉蝉 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of uppity1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of uppity1
Example Sentences
The household was vegetarian before this was trendy or socially acceptable, and yet not in an uppity way.
From myriad vectors, media outlets put women in their place for being uppity, incompetent, or vulgar.
For much of that time鈥攊n letters, newspapers, books, and speeches鈥攎any white people commonly described enslaved African Americans as shiftless or lazy, disrespectful or 鈥渦ppity,鈥 and ignorant.
An uppity woman refusing to bend the knee when he tells her to is something he simply cannot abide.
It's a subculture of people who valorize bullying and hate women, especially women who think are uppity.
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More context on uppity
Uppity means 鈥渉aughty鈥 and 鈥渟nobbish鈥濃攁n adjective for someone who puts on airs, someone who is self-important. But, this descriptor has a very racist past, used particularly to disparage Black people as 鈥渘ot remembering their place as inferior.鈥
Given this explicitly racist past, it is a good idea to cut down on using uppity. Read our next section for some wise alternatives.
If knowing the history of uppity has got you reflecting on your word choices, this slideshow, 鈥淭hese Common 亚洲网紅露点s Have Offensive Histories,鈥 discusses many other words whose place in your vocab you may want to reconsider.聽
Keep in mind 鈥
There are plenty of alternatives to the problematic uppity. Besides haughty, snobbish, self-important, and putting on airs as noted above, such words as arrogant, snooty, pompous, smug, vain, and high and mighty can convey being overproud like uppity.
You can find even more synonyms at Thesaurus.com. We suggest you start with the adjective .
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