Translations for „uppity“ in the English » German Dictionary

up·pi·ty [ˈʌpɪti, Am -t̬-] ADJ pej inf

1. uppity (arrogant):

uppity

hochnäsig

uppity

hochmütig

to get [or become] uppity

ein arrogantes Benehmen an den Tag legen

2. uppity (presumptuous):

uppity

aufmüpfig

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get [or become] uppity

ein arrogantes Benehmen an den Tag legen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Gone are the uppity airs, but very much present are old favorites.

lifestyle.inquirer.net

Granted, film reviewers are famous for their sometimes uppity taste and penchant for the artsy rather than the generic.

missoulian.com

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

news.nationalpost.com

Men have regarded women (uppity women, anyway) with contempt for generations.

jezebel.com

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

www.stuff.co.nz

If you're a black man, every white girl, every uppity middle class... everybody got to get their share of love.

dailycaller.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

But are the problems of feminism really solved by getting uppity about the latest boy to pull our pigtails?

www.telegraph.co.uk

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

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