uppishness
Example Sentences
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The worst faults I had in my prime were conceit and uppishness, but they only came from my ignorance.
From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
The fair name and fame of Hobson have been outraged by members of Hobson's family, and uppishness has done it.
From Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
Ye observe, it was only to throw cold water on the unthrifty flame of a mother’s pride that I said this, and to pull down uppishness from its heathenish temple in the heart, head-foremost.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
And the uppishness, I am afraid, is a national fault, Sir; you know our state motto is 'Excelsior.'
From Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner
It is this ignorant uppishness that does the mischief.
From Treatise on Parents and Children by Bernard Shaw
