'uppity' definitions:
Definition of 'uppity'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times [syn: overweening, uppity]
Synonyms of 'uppity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arrogant,
- audacious,
- big,
- brash,
- bumptious,
- cold,
- condescending,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- disdainful,
- domineering,
- familiar,
- forward,
- haughty,
- high-faluting,
- high-flown,
- high-headed,
- high-nosed,
- hoity-toity,
- hubristic,
- insolent,
- insulting,
- lofty,
- obtrusive,
- overbearing,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- patronizing,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- proud,
- purse-proud,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- stuck-up,
- superior,
- toplofty,
- uppish,
- upstage