uppishness

NOUN

impudence

Synonyms

STRONG

assumption assurance audaciousness audacity boldness brashness brass brazenness cheek cheekiness chutzpah cockiness crust defiance discourtesy disrespect effrontery face familiarity forwardness gall guts gutsiness hardiness impertinence incivility insolence moxie nerve overconfidence pertness presumptuousness pushiness rudeness sauciness shamelessness spunk stuff temerity

WEAK

disrespectfulness impudency nerviness sassiness

Antonyms

STRONG

care carefulness caution cowardice doubt fear humility manners meekness modesty politeness regard reserve respect shyness timidity

Example Sentences

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And besides, I can't stand uppishness, and I won't.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

When mere uppishness takes it the end is not changed, though it may be reached more precipitately and disastrously.

From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various

The husband saw and felt their coldness towards his wife, while Mrs. Phillips filled his ears with complaints of their uppishness, and their disagreeable ways.

From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Spence, Catherine Helen

She felt, with a sense of triumph, that she had given Justine a pretty strong hint against "uppishness."

From The Treasure by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

Ye observe, it was only to p. 322throw cold wayter 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 by Hardie, Charles Martin