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uppish


 
  Grep  of  noun  uppish 
  uppishness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  uppish 
 
  The  adj  uppish  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bigheaded,  persnickety,  snooty,  snot-nosed,  snotty,  stuck-up,  too  big  for  one's  breeches,  uppish  --  (used  colloquially  of  one  who  is  overly  conceited  or  arrogant;  "a  snotty  little  scion  of  a  degenerate  family"-Laurent  Le  Sage;  "they're  snobs--stuck-up  and  uppity  and  persnickety") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  uppish 
 
  1  sense  of  uppish 
 
  Sense  1 
  bigheaded,  persnickety,  snooty,  snot-nosed,  snotty,  stuck-up,  too  big  for  one's  breeches,  uppish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  proud)  ->  humble 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  uppish 
 
  1  sense  of  uppish 
 
  Sense  1 
  bigheaded,  persnickety,  snooty,  snot-nosed,  snotty,  stuck-up,  too  big  for  one's  breeches,  uppish 
  =>  proud  (vs.  humble) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  uppish 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  uppish 
 
  uppish  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  uppish 
  uppish 
 
  Overview  of  adj  uppish 
 
  The  adj  uppish  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bigheaded,  persnickety,  snooty,  snot-nosed,  snotty,  stuck-up,  too  big  for  one's  breeches,  uppish  --  (used  colloquially  of  one  who  is  overly  conceited  or  arrogant;  "a  snotty  little  scion  of  a  degenerate  family"-Laurent  Le  Sage;  "they're  snobs--stuck-up  and  uppity  and  persnickety") 



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