uppish

[ uhp-ish ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. arrogant; condescending; uppity.

uppish

/ ˈʌpɪʃ /

adjective

1. informal.
   snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous

Derived Forms

• ˈuppishly, adverb
• ˈuppishness, noun

Other Words From

• uppish·ly adverb
• uppish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uppish¹

First recorded in 1670–80; up + -ish ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of uppish¹

C18: from up + -ish

Example Sentences

We are quite uppish and sniff at the tinned stuff in the supply dump, we want fresh vegetables.

From Literature

As a young man, after Harvard and emigration to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger, he might, he admits, have appeared “a shade uppish.”

From New York Times

And of course, there are some flash expressions that have held over—and evolved into mainstream speech—like sans and uppish.

From Scientific American

Which some servants are awfully uppish, and thinks themselves no end of nobs.

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever I do, or propose doing, I am met and stopped by those confounded uppish notions of hers, to which everything else must be kept subordinate.

From Project Gutenberg