uppish

  • 11uppish — a. (Colloq.) Proud, arrogant, haughty, assuming, smart, perk, perky …

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  • 12uppish — up·pish …

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  • 13uppish — up•pish [[t]ˈʌp ɪʃ[/t]] adj. Informal. inf uppity up′pish•ness, n …

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  • 14uppish — /ˈʌpɪʃ/ (say upish) adjective 1. Cricket (of a stroke) hit into the air, increasing the batsman s risk of being caught out. 2. → uppity. {up (adverb) + ish1} –uppishly, adverb –uppishness, noun …

  • 15uppish — adj. esp. Brit. colloq. self assertive or arrogant. Derivatives: uppishly adv. uppishness n …

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  • 16Uppishly — Uppish Up pish, a. [From {Up}.] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown. {Up pish*ly}, adv. [Colloq.] {Up pish*ness}, n. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Uppishness — Uppish Up pish, a. [From {Up}.] Proud; arrogant; assuming; putting on airs of superiority. [Colloq.] T. Brown. {Up pish*ly}, adv. [Colloq.] {Up pish*ness}, n. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18uppity — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. arrogant, snobbish, haughty, stuck up, *high falutin, lofty, proud, uppish, *full of oneself, conceited, presumptuous. ANT.: *folksy, down to earth, modest, humble II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Informal… …

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  • 19bigheaded — adjective (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant a snotty little scion of a degenerate family Laurent Le Sage they re snobs stuck up and uppity and persnickety • Syn: ↑persnickety, ↑snooty, ↑snot nosed, ↑snotty, ↑stuck up, ↑ …

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  • 20persnickety — adjective 1. (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant a snotty little scion of a degenerate family Laurent Le Sage they re snobs stuck up and uppity and persnickety • Syn: ↑bigheaded, ↑snooty, ↑snot nosed, ↑snotty, ↑stuck up, ↑ …

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