up·pi·ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British EnglishBrE /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjectiveadj informal PROUDbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect 傲慢的,自大的,盛气凌人的 uppity• Wilko sidelined Cantona like a shot when he started getting uppity.• The army stamps with efficiency on any uppity religious leaders.• By 1985, when the psychoanalysts attempted to reintroduce masochism, a backlash against feminism, against uppity women, was current.