Associations to the word «Uppity»
Noun
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Wiktionary
UPPITY, adjective. Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
UPPITY, adjective. Exceeding one's station or position (see usage note below for one example), assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.
Dictionary definition
UPPITY, adjective. Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.