humble vs uppity

humble

adj
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

uppity

adj
  • Presumptuous, above oneself, self-important; arrogant, snobbish, haughty. 

  • Exceeding one's station or position, assuming prerogatives to which one is not entitled. 

How often have the words humble and uppity occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )