UPSTANDING


Meaning of UPSTANDING in English

|əp|standiŋ, -aan-, -dēŋ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of upstanden

1. : standing up especially so as to project : erect

kept his upstanding hair and the grin — Edmund Wilson

one of the most upstanding collars in town surmounts a straight coat — Lois Long

2. : marked by erect carriage : upright

a rather upstanding horse with strong closely coupled body — G.M.Rommel

an upstanding stalwart figure of a man — Boston Sunday Herald

3. : marked by integrity and independence : straightforward

a fine upstanding gentleman of the old school — Sinclair Lewis

• up·stand·ing·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.