thinking of how you might use uppity in daily conversation how would you define uppity
2006-08-11 04:39:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Snotty, stuck up, show-offy, take ur pick.
sentence: "I could smack her, the uppity brat!"
2006-08-11 11:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by for_always_groban 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Define Contumelious
2016-11-09 21:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
uppity is an adjective, a descriptive word...
Uppity: Characteristic of or resembling a snob: elitist, snobbish, snobby. Informal: high-hat, snooty, stuck-up, uppish. See attitude, self-love
Uppity Also means Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish.
2006-08-11 04:53:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Desribing a person as Uppity to me is snobby, rich but rude, stuck up. Things of that nature.
Restaurant or hotel, uppity is higher class.
2006-08-11 04:47:43 · answer #4 · answered by fatima_mst 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's station; presumptuous: "was getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down" (New York Times).
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/uppity
Synonyms:
Informal. Characteristic of or resembling a snob: elitist, snobbish, snobby. Informal: high-hat, snooty, stuck-up, uppish.
Informal. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish. Slang: wise
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/thesaurus/entry/uppity
2006-08-11 04:47:56 · answer #5 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
uppity
adjective
1. Characteristic of or resembling a snob: elitist, snobbish, snobby. Informal high-hat, snooty, stuck-up, uppish. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, self-love/modesty.
2. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish. Slang wise1. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.
2006-08-11 12:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone defined it below, but it's a word I have never cared for personally. There was a time and place when ignorant (Caucasians) would use this word to describe certain African-Americans who apparently - in their racist views - didn't 'know their place".
So, for this reason, I steer clear of this word and its connotations, albeit that it was used in this pejorative context decades ago.
2006-08-11 07:09:43 · answer #7 · answered by Da Whispering Genius 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone that thinks they are better than everyone else and usually resides in a higher class.
2006-08-11 05:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by angelikness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋