uppish

American  

[uhp-ish] / ˈʌp ɪʃ /

adjective

Informal.

1. arrogant; condescending; uppity.

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uppish British  

/ ˈʌpɪʃ /

adjective

1. informal snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous

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Other Word Forms

• uppishly adverb
• uppishness noun

Etymology

Origin of uppish

First recorded in 1670–80; up + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

We are quite uppish and sniff at the tinned stuff in the supply dump, we want fresh vegetables.

From Literature

As a young man, after Harvard and emigration to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, he might, he admits, have appeared “a shade uppish.”

From New York Times

And of course, there are some flash expressions that have held over—and evolved into mainstream speech—like sans and uppish.

From Scientific American

Which some servants are awfully uppish, and thinks themselves no end of nobs.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever I do, or propose doing, I am met and stopped by those confounded uppish notions of hers, to which everything else must be kept subordinate.

From Project Gutenberg