uppish
adjective
arrogant; condescending; uppity.
uppishness
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a word derived from
uppish.
Example Sentences
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Ye observe, it was only to p. 322throw cold wayter on the unthrifty flame of a mother’s pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Charles Martin Hardie
"Curse it all!" said Mr. Ludolph, with much irritation; "I thought there would be trouble with your uppishness."
From Barriers Burned Away by Edward Payson Roe
The worst faults I had in my prime were conceit and uppishness, but they only came from my ignorance.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
It is this ignorant uppishness that does the mischief.
From Treatise on Parents and Children by Bernard Shaw
Keyes felt a disposition in authority to put down any subordinate uppishness of feeling possibly occasioned by doings outside the line of business.
From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday
