uppish
adjective
arrogant; condescending; uppity.
uppishness
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a word derived from
uppish.
Example Sentences
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They should not have allowed themselves to assume that the "uppishness" was due to want of that humility which they rightly expected in their pupils.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water 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, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
His bad temper had disappeared, but his "uppishness" had, if possible, increased.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
You'll control this uppishness that's growing on you.
From Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
The husband saw and felt their coldness towards his wife, while Mrs. Phillips filled his ears with complaints of their uppishness, and their disagreeable ways.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Catherine Helen Spence
