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poverty-stricken, Colloq broke: Stanley has been on his uppers
since losing his job.
upper-class
adj. 1 ‚lite, aristocratic, blue-blooded, well-born, noble,
high-born, patrician, Colloq upper crust: Eunice comes from an
upper-class Irish family. 2 high-class, elegant, fancy,
luxurious, first-rate, de luxe, royal, regal, sumptuous, Colloq
swank(y), ritzy, posh: I'll have you know that we stayed only
in upper-class hotels on our tour.
uppermost adj. 1 highest, topmost, loftiest, highest, top: These curious
animals live in the uppermost branches of the trees. 2
foremost, first, most important or prominent or influential or
telling, principal, paramount, pre-eminent, predominant:
Uppermost in my mind is the safety of the children.
uppish adj. affected, putting on airs, snobbish, conceited,
overweening, self-important, Colloq uppity, snooty, high and
mighty, hoity-toity, highfalutin or hifalutin, stuck-up, on
(one's) high horse, Slang snotty, Brit toffee-nosed: Even if
she is in charge she doesn't have to be so uppish.
upright adj. 1 erect, perpendicular, vertical, on end, straight up and
down, plumb, stand-up, standing up, Brit upstanding: Few
upright columns of the Greek temple remained. 2 moral,
principled, high-minded, ethical, virtuous, upstanding,
straight, righteous, straightforward, honourable, honest, just,
trustworthy, unimpeachable, uncorrupt(ed), incorruptible,
decent, good: David had long been an upright member of the
church council.
--n. 3 post, pole, column, vertical, perpendicular: We need
another upright to support the floor over here.
--adv. 4 perpendicularly, vertically, upward(s), straight up
(and down): The javelin was sticking upright out of the ground.
5 right side up: Miraculously, the platter with the roast on it
landed upright on the floor.
uprising n. rebellion, revolt, mutiny, revolution, insurrection, rising,
putsch, coup (d'‚tat): The government quelled the uprising with
water cannons and tear gas.