Associations to the word «Uriah»

Wiktionary

URIAH, proper noun. Any of a number of Old Testament men, including the husband of Bathsheba whom David sent to death.
URIAH, proper noun. (rather rare) A male given name of Biblical origin.
URIAH HEEP, proper noun. A fictional character, Uriah Heep, in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
URIAH HEEP, verb. To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.
URIAH HEEPISH, adjective. Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness.
URIAH HEEPISHLY, adverb. N a cloying, insincerely obsequious manner.
URIAH HEEPISHNESS, noun. Fawning, cloying servility and obsequiousness.

Dictionary definition

URIAH, noun. (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC).

Wise words

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