uppishness
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Keyes felt a disposition in authority to put down any subordinate uppishness of feeling possibly occasioned by doings outside the line of business.
From Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday
His bad temper had disappeared, but his "uppishness" had, if possible, increased.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The fair name and fame of Hobson have been outraged by members of Hobson's family, and uppishness has done it.
From Hobson's Choice by Harold Brighouse
This would trouble and irritate some people; the sublime equanimity of the hired boatman under the ordeal affords us a beautiful lesson against ambition and uppishness.
From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
The husband saw and felt their coldness towards his wife, while Mrs. Phillips filled his ears with complaints of their uppishness, and their disagreeable ways.
From Mr. Hogarth's Will by Catherine Helen Spence
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