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Pompous vs Uppity - What's the difference?

pompous | uppity |

As adjectives the difference between pompous and uppity

is that pompous is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important while uppity is presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.

pompous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    Synonyms

    * conceited * smug * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest * self-effacing

    Related terms

    * pomp * pomposity * pompously

    External links

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    uppity

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1993 , year_published= , edition=Paperback , editor= , author=David Weber , title=On Basilisk Station , chapter= , url= , genre=Sci-Fi , publisher= , isbn=0671721631 , page=141 , passage=The Association was openly committed to "restoring the historical balance of power intended by our Founders" between the nobility and the uppity commoners }}

    Usage notes

    * Be careful about using this in interracial situations: White US Americans used this to describe black people whom they considered not submissive and subservient enough.