Uppity

Definition

uppity /'ʌpǝti / adj ( infml derog ) ႂကြေစာင္းေစာင္း။

Examples

1. ‘Papa used to say if you don't want to work don't open the store but he didn't rule out the option of slamming the door on someone's toes if they got uppity with you.’
2. ‘Yet rather than looking at the persistently disadvantaged economic position they're in and getting uppity
3. women have fallen silent.’
4. ‘All those uppity schools that allow people use their money to get a better education from the use of church resources should be closed.’
5. ‘The actress
6. on the other hand
7. was uppity
8. wouldn't sign autographs
9. kept to herself and was new at her job.’
10. ‘I don't think it's anything to get uppity about.’
11. ‘‘Personality tests can show if someone could be uppity to their boss
12. ’ she said
13. pausing to chuckle.’
14. ‘You just don't want to give those people any uppity ideas.’
15. ‘And I'd really like to know what my cat has to be so uppity about.’
16. ‘They've been really good actually
17. even Mike and Terry who could have been uppity and awkward but weren't
18. which I appreciate.’
19. ‘A particularly uppity man ‘sees himself as the intellectual of the team’.’
20. ‘Somehow I was led to believe that she was all uppity but she wasn't at all.’
21. ‘It means I'm getting uppity
22. thinking maybe I'm better than you.’
23. ‘And there
24. of course
25. is the return to the central agenda: it's all the uppity republicans' fault after all.’
26. ‘I'm sure we could find lots of testimony that would make him look really smug
27. self serving and uppity.’
28. ‘Dare the uppity saleswomen at Saks or Gucci treat her with disdain?’
29. ‘It's assumed that he'll be a bit less uppity with future clients.’
30. ‘To prevent them from getting uppity
31. it is necessary to create this tremendous
32. power consuming virtual reality.’
33. ‘Animal societies have proscribed behavior
34. and if you step outside of it too often or get too uppity you are ostracized.’
35. ‘Perhaps more to the point
36. in a country formed by migration
37. uppity workers are always at the mercy of the next wave of incomers.’
38. ‘Katherine wasn't just smart
39. she was a tiny bit uppity
40. too: she almost got herself thrown in jail for arguing with him about some issues.’