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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. presumptuously arrogant;
- Example: "had a witty but overweening manner"
- Example: "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
- Example: "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
[syn: overweening, uppity]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uppity
    adj 1: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening
           manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"-
           S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be
           slapped down"- NY Times [syn: overweening, uppity]