uppish
adjective
arrogant; condescending; uppity.
uppishness
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a word derived from
uppish.
Example Sentences
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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
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
And the uppishness, I am afraid, is a national fault, Sir; you know our state motto is 'Excelsior.'
From Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner
She felt, with a sense of triumph, that she had given Justine a pretty strong hint against "uppishness."
From The Treasure by Kathleen Thompson Norris
It is this ignorant uppishness that does the mischief.
From Treatise on Parents and Children by Bernard Shaw
