up·pish

(ŭp′ĭsh)

adj. Informal

Uppity.

up′pish·ly adv.

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uppish

(ˈʌpɪʃ)

adj

informal Brit snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous

[C18: from up + -ish]

ˈuppishly adv

ˈuppishness n

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up•pi•ty

(ˈʌp ɪ ti)

adj. Informal.

inclined to be haughty, snobbish, or arrogant.

[1875–80, Amer.; probably up + -ity]

up′pi•ty•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

uppish - (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety"

bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches

proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"

uppish

adjective

1. Informal. Characteristic of or resembling a snob:

elitist, snobbish, snobby.

Informal: high-hat, snooty, stuck-up, uppity.

2. 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, uppity.

Slang: wise.

Translations

arrogante impettito

uppish

[ˈʌpɪʃ] uppity [ˈʌpɪtɪ] ADJ (Brit) → presumido, engreído
to get uppish → presumir, darse aires de importancia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uppish

[ˈʌpɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) → con la puzza al or sotto il naso
to get uppish → darsi importanza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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But of the uppish ones there was one officer in particular I could not endure.

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"Dern your skin, ain't the company good enough for you?" says the baldhead, pretty pert and uppish.

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For the next four days he lived a simple and blameless life on thin captain's biscuits (I mean that the biscuits were thin, not the captain) and soda-water; but, towards Saturday, he got uppish, and went in for weak tea and dry toast, and on Monday he was gorging himself on chicken broth.

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Without so much as a 'Welcome to Glasgow!' he showed us to our seats, not the smallest acknowledgment of our kindness in giving such munificent orders did we draw from him, he hovered around the table as if it would be unsafe to leave us with his knives and forks (he should have seen her knives and forks), when we spoke to each other he affected not to hear, we might laugh but this uppish fellow would not join in.

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"But they're a pretty uppish sort, most of 'em," he said to Saxon, referring to the persons he drove.

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There was an uppish cut over backward point, a lob that evaded mid-off and a punched drive that skimmed to the ropes.

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Asif had Taylor caught off an uppish sweep for 82 before New Zealand reached 222-4 at lunch on the fourth day, still needing 106 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

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There was a scare for Jennings when an uppish cut against Steve Magoffin fell just short of Barnard at wide third man, but he went on to complete his 150 off 259 balls with 25 boundaries out of 310 for four.

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