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Uppity   /ˈəpəti/   Listen
Uppity

adjective
1.
Presumptuously arrogant.  Synonym: overweening.  "No idea how overweening he would be" , "Getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"



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"Uppity" Quotes from Famous Books



... hearing at breakfast. "That's right. It was Swing Tunstall what made so free and outrageous with Rack Slimson. You go and crawl Swing's hump, Bill. Lord knows he needs it. He's been getting awful brash and uppity lately. No living with him. Give him ...
— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White


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