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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

having the air of superiority or arrogance;

e.g. She became uppity in the presence of her subordinates.

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Similar Words

Arrogant

Assumptive

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Condescending

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-toned

Highfalutin

Hoity-toity

Huffy

Imperious

Important

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Regimental

Self-aggrandizing

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Sniffy

Stiff-necked

Supercilious

Superior

Than

Toplofty

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Opposite Words

Abject

Acquiescent

Base

Bashful

Compliant

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Humble

Introverted

Meek

Menial

Modest

Mousy

Overmodest

Passive

Quiet

Reserved

Retiring

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Servile

Sheepish

Shy

Slavish

Subdued

Submissive

Timid

Toadyish

Unaggressive

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Yielding

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Related Words

Abhorrent

Affected

Aristocratic

Assured

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Autocratic

Biggety

Bold

Bombastic

Bossy

Braggart

Brash

Cocky

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Contemptuous

Despotic

Dictatorial

Disdainful

Dominant

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Elitist

Extroverted

Familiar

Forward

Free

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-hat

High-minded

Highfalutin

Hubristic

Imperious

Impertinent

Important

Impudent

La-di-da

Lofty

Lordly

Magisterial

Masterful

Narcissistic

Ostentatious

Overbearing

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Patronizing

Peremptory

Persnickety

Pompous

Pontifical

Potty

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Ritzy

Saucy

Scornful

Self-applauding

Self-centered

Self-flattering

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Smug

Snippy

Snobbish

Snobby

Snooty

Snotty

Stuck-up

Superior

Toffee

Toffee-nosed

Tyrannical

Tyrannous

Uninhibited

Unreserved

Vain

Vainglorious

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