uppity

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++up·pi·ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British English /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjective 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 kids 目中无人的小孩

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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.Origin uppity (1800-1900) up

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up‧pi‧ty /ˈʌpɪti/ (also uppish British English /ˈʌpɪʃ/) adjective informalbehaving as if you are more important than you really are, or not showing someone enough respect:
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up·pityBrE /ˈʌpəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʌpəti/ 🔊 adjective (old-fashioned, informal) behaving as if you are more important than you really are, especially when this means that you refuse to obey orders 傲慢的；自视甚高（而不服从）的