uppish

adjective

up·​pish ˈə-pish 

somewhat old-fashioned : uppity

uppishly adverb

uppishness noun

Synonyms

• arrogant
• assumptive
• bumptious
• cavalier
• chesty
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• high-handed
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• hifalutin
• huffish
• huffy
• imperious
• important
• lofty
• lordly
• masterful
• overweening
• peremptory
• pompous
• presuming
• presumptuous
• pretentious
• self-asserting
• self-assertive
• sniffy
• stiff-necked
• supercilious
• superior
• toplofty
• toploftical
• uppity

Examples of uppish in a Sentence

the new employee's uppish airs aren't winning him many friends among his colleagues

Word History

First Known Use

1677, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

uppish

adjective

up·​pish ˈəp-ish 

: uppity