Antonyms for upstanding


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhp-stan-ding
Phonetic Transcription : ʌpˈstæn dɪŋ


Definition of upstanding

Origin :
  • Old English, in the literal sense, from up + standing (see stand (v.)). Figurative sense of "honest" is attested from 1863.
  • adj honorable
Example sentences :
  • She stooped ever so slightly and touched the upstanding mop of his wavy hair.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The Earth-beam still swept the heavens like a stiff, upstanding sword.
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
  • He was big and upstanding, with a look of honesty that Pen liked.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • It was there I first met him, and a fine, upstanding young officer he was.
  • Extract from : « The Great Sioux Trail » by Joseph Altsheler
  • The other has upstanding volutes of a heavy kind of foliage.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Builders » by Leader Scott
  • They had been fine, upstanding boys, all bright with spotless records.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton
  • For the animal is awake and upstanding; the spirit that quickens reality is apart.
  • Extract from : « Red Fleece » by Will Levington Comfort
  • She was a fine, upstanding creature, tremulous with emotion.
  • Extract from : « The Valley of Vision » by Henry Van Dyke
  • The upstanding dorsal has a crest, from which the sides curl back.
  • Extract from : « The Woodlands Orchids » by Frederick Boyle
  • Just in front of them, where there still was a channel of water, was an upstanding rock.
  • Extract from : « Robinetta » by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Synonyms for upstanding

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