uppity dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de uppity dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

uppity [GB ˈʌpɪti, Am ˈəpədi] ADJ fam

uppity

arrogant

to get uppity about sth

prendre qc de haut

uppity dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de uppity dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

uppish [ˈʌpɪʃ], uppity [ˈʌpɪtɪ, Am -t̬ɪ] ADJ fam

uppish

arrogant(e)

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

And as humans advance on their planet, the aliens are beginning to wonder why their slave race, the trudges, is starting to act uppity.

en.wikipedia.org

Hey, any place that has this many sushi joints can't be uppity.

news.nationalpost.com

And there's the answer: how better to put these uppity girls in their place than by publicly humiliating them?

theconversation.com

Who are they to get all uppity in the pedigree of their power supply?

ideas.time.com

Their uppity opposites do it mostly for the benefit of themselves.

www.stuff.co.nz

They looked like people always look stuck in traffic: sleepy-eyed, numb and a little frustrated by those uppity cyclists across the road.

calgaryherald.com

Yet the uppity flatlanders trotted confidently into the dressing room holding a 16-8 advantage at the break.

calgaryherald.com

They are hip, uppity and yet do not have a stiff upper lip.

food.ndtv.com

The idea that earning $100k a year is uppity for people providing fundamentally important public services is ridiculous.

www.macleans.ca

This is a book commended by modern teachers to uppity adolescents on the mere grounds that it is about an uppity adolescent.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk