how to pronounce uppity

/ˈʌpətiː/

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the above transcription of uppity is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

uppity is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of uppity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you are uppity that might be true …”

meaning of uppity

Uppity means arrogant, haughty, or snobbish.

uppity frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word uppity occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics uppity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that uppity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;