uppity

1. 1.

   presumptuously arrogant

   “had a witty but overweening manner”

   “no idea how overweening he would be”

   “getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down”

   Synonymsoverweening

   Similarimmodest

Questions about uppity

What does uppity mean?

uppity means "presumptuously arrogant".

How many syllables are in uppity?

uppity has 3 syllables: up-pi-ty. The stress falls on "up". In IPA it is /ˈʌpəti/.

What is another word for uppity?

Close synonyms include overweening. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.