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Uppishness

noun
1.
Assumption of airs beyond one's station.  Synonym: uppityness.





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"Uppishness" Quotes from Famous Books



... annoy him; as a matter of fact, they all do overtake him and pass him - all those that are going his way. This would trouble and irritate some people; the sublime equanimity of the hired boatman under the ordeal affords us a beautiful lesson against ambition and uppishness. ...
— Three Men in a Boa • Jerome K. Jerome


Words linked to "Uppishness" :   uppish, presumption, uppityness, assumption, effrontery, presumptuousness


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