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What (who) is uppity - definition
uppity
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
uppity
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
If you say that someone is uppity, you mean that they are behaving as if they were very important and you do not think that they are important. (INFORMAL)
If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
ADJ [disapproval]
Examples of use of uppity
1. But NIH spokesman John Burklow denied that the agency is getting uppity.
2. We do not desire politically correct commissars to tear down men celebrated for suppressing uppity natives.
3. Is Senator Obama with ‘us‘ or is he with the uppity blacks?
4. MPs shouted, "outrageous and immoral". Hain seemed baffled by such uppity opinions.
5. Everyone does it, so push off and mind your own business, you uppity little plod.