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UPPISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uppishness mean?
• UPPISHNESS (noun)
The noun UPPISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. assumption of airs beyond one's station
Familiarity information: UPPISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assumption of airs beyond one's station
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
uppishness; uppityness
Hypernyms ("uppishness" is a kind of...):
assumption; effrontery; presumption; presumptuousness (audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to)
Derivation:
uppish ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant)
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