uppity
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There's also the politics: drivers are a loud, powerful voting bloc, and they "get uppity" when they see parking space taken away, he says.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
The wealthiest and most international city in America, its grand mansions and comfortable houses would obviously be useful as a base for an invading army that was just beginning a campaign against uppity colonials.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023
Others think he’s too uppity, so he is let go.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022
There were no aristocrats telling the workers they were acting uppity, Davalos said, and the working class could now afford the celebrations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2019
He never spoke about his education or teaching position while he was there, not wanting his employers or customers to call him uppity and take away his job.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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