upright
erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
raised or directed vertically or upward.
adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just: an upright person.
being in accord with what is right: upright dealings.
the state of being upright or vertical.
something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
an upright piano.
Usually uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.
in an upright position or direction; vertically.
to make upright.
Origin of upright
1synonym study For upright
Other words for upright
Opposites for upright
Other words from upright
- uprightly, adverb
- uprightness, noun
- non·up·right, adjective, noun
- non·up·right·ly, adverb
- non·up·right·ness, noun
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How to use upright in a sentence
With hardly a trace of hesitation, the presumably upright judge decides to cover up his son’s crime.
Bryan Cranston returns to TV in ‘Your Honor,’ but this grim tale is easily dismissed | Hank Stuever | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostApple engineered a cantilevered arm on its Magic Keyboard that can firmly hold an iPad Pro or iPad Air at any angle, from upright to reclined, depending on your task or seating arrangement.
In addition to the typical upright position, the seat can lean back to a luxurious 60 degrees.
Gravestones have been set upright, trees planted, benches installed.
In Glover Park, an old Catholic cemetery gets new life | John Kelly | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostHe commends a variety named Shalimar, with an upright growth habit and bluish needles.
Winter wonders: Conifers revive the sleeping garden. But remember, less is more. | Adrian Higgins | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
He would, like Ahab, walk softly; he was not ready to walk uprightly: his forgiveness he would postpone!
Weighed and Wanting | George MacDonaldAfter this he saw with both eyes, but till the day of his death he judged uprightly; when he died he went to heaven.
Georgian Folk Tales | UnknownAnd now I speak unto you the Twelve—Behold, my grace is sufficient for you: you must walk uprightly before me and sin not.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Joseph SmithHe says no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder WheatonHe is a decent fellow, and one who conducts himself uprightly.
Letters of John Calvin, Volume I (of 4) | Jules Bonnet
British Dictionary definitions for upright
/ (ˈʌpˌraɪt) /
vertical or erect
honest, honourable, or just
vertically
(tr) to make upright
Derived forms of upright
- uprightly, adverb
- uprightness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with upright
see bolt upright.
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