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# uppish

«uppish» in Mova's school dictionary: **Too proud and full of yourself; acting as if you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (uppish — informal, old-fashioned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, mainly UK, old-fashioned) Too proud and full of yourself; acting as if you are better than others; uppity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#m1)

2) (cricket) A shot that goes up in the air and might be caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in older British stories when someone gets above themselves: «Don't get uppish with me!» Toad gets uppish whenever things go well for him. In cricket commentary, an «uppish» shot is a risky one.

### examples

- Toad became uppish after his escape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x1)
- «Don't you get uppish with me, young man!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x2)
- The new girl seemed a bit uppish at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x3)
- His uppish manner annoyed the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x4)
- The batsman played an uppish drive and was nearly caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x5)
- Success made him uppish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/#x6)

### note

Informal and old-fashioned; more common today: «uppity», «snooty», «stuck-up».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uppish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.