Associations to the word «Uriah»

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.

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).