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uppity
adjective as in arrogant
Example Sentences
The household was vegetarian before this was trendy or socially acceptable, and yet not in an uppity way.
From myriad vectors, media outlets put women in their place for being uppity, incompetent, or vulgar.
For much of that time—in letters, newspapers, books, and speeches—many white people commonly described enslaved African Americans as shiftless or lazy, disrespectful or “uppity,” and ignorant.
An uppity woman refusing to bend the knee when he tells her to is something he simply cannot abide.
It's a subculture of people who valorize bullying and hate women, especially women who think are uppity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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