uppity

Meaning

1. Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
2. Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled.

Synonyms

uppish

haughty

overweening

arrogant

conceited

condescending

contemptuous

expansive

grandiloquent

grandiose

highfalutin

highfaluting

ostentatious

overblown

overconfident

pompous

presumptuous

pretentious

saucy

scornful

snooty

stuck up

supercilious

bullying

big

bumptious

cocky

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌpəti/

Etymology

From earlier uppedy, equivalent to up + -ed + -y; compare blackity, biggity, and hippity (and possibly also persnickety, pernickety). First attested around 1880 in Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris to describe Jack Sparrer (Jack Sparrow), who tattled on Br'er Rabbit (see quotations below). Compare uppish.