lloq.) aristocracy, elite, _bon ton_.

uppish, a. (Colloq.) proud, arrogant, assuming.

upright, a. erect, perpendicular, vertical; honorable, honest.

uprightness, n. perpendicularity, verticality, erectness; honesty,
integrity.

uproar, n. turmoil, _fracas_, clamor, tumult, commotion, din, hubbub.

uproarious, a. (Colloq.) clamorous, obstreperous, boisterous,
noisy, turbulent.

uproot, v. eradicate, extirpate.

uprooting, n. eradication, extirpation.

upset, v. overturn, overset, capsize, invert, overthrow; disconcert,
discompose, perturb, agitate, unnerve, excite.

upshot, n. event, result, issue, outcome, consequence.

upside down. inverted; disordered, topsy-turvy.

upstart, n. parvenu, snob, mushroom.

up to snuff. (Slang) knowing, acute, sharp.

upward, a. ascending, acclivous (sloping upward).

urge, v. egg, importune, exhort; impel, force; incite, instigate,
goad.

urgency, n. insistence, pressure; importunity; exigency, stress,
necessity; incitement.

urgent, a. pressing, imperative, insistent, exigent, importunate,
pertinacious, imperious.

urine, n. piss, emiction; stale (urine of horses and cattle).
Associated words: uronology, urinal, urinate, urination, micturition,
urethra, uric, uretic, uriniferous, enuresis, anuresis, diabetis,
strangury, urolith, lateritious sediment, uroscopy, urinary, urea,
diuretic.

usage, n. treatment; custom, practice, use.

use, n. employment, application, service, utilization, exploitation;
necessity, need; utility, avail, advantage, usefulness, service; custom,
usage, practice. Antonyms: disuse, obsolescence, desuetude, inutility.
Associated Words: obsolescent, obsolete, obsoletism, utilitarian,
utilitarianism, utilizable, chrestomathic.

use, v. employ, apply, utilize, exploit; treat, behave toward;
practice, exercise; consume, exhaust; accustom, habituate, familiarize,
inure.

useful, a. serviceable, advantageous, available.

usefulness, n. utility, advantage.

useless, a. unserviceable, futile, worthless, unavailing, bootless,
ineffectual, null, nugatory, abortive.

uselessness, n. inutility, futility, unserviceableness.

usher, v. show to a seat; introduce, forerun, precede, herald,
escort.

usual, a. ordinary, general, accustomed, conventional, prevailing,
everyday. Antonyms: See unusual.

usually, adv. ordinarily, generally, customarily, commonly.

usurp, v. arrogate, seize, appropriate, accroach.

usurpation, n. arrogation, seizu