| 单词 | uppity |
| 释义 | uppity From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishuppityup‧pi‧ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British English /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjective informalPROUDbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respectuppity kidsExamples from the Corpusuppity• Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity.• The army stamps with efficiency on any uppity religious leaders.• By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.Origin uppity (1800-1900) up |
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