Figurative language ひどく下品な上に


Reading 幽霊塔 by 江戸川乱歩, I have come across a rather long sentence:

> 第一、栄子は女学校は辛うじて卒業したけれど、私の眼からは、低能児同様の無教養に見えるし、素姓の知れぬ乳母の連れ子だけあって、 **ひどく下品な上に**
> 、意地悪なことは人一倍だ。

Here is my interpretation:

> First of all, even though Eiko barely managed to pass high school, from my
> perspective she seemed like an unrefined feeble minded child who was just
> the daughter of some ill-bred divorced wet nurse, and to the upper that is
> extremely vulgar, was malicious more so than others.

I'm not sure how 上 is functioning in the phrase ひどく下品な上に. Is it correct to
interpret it as meaning "upper"? I would like to read some other perspectives
on this phrase and how it fits into the sentence.




上に in this sentence means " in addition". Your sentence is translated as " In
addition that She is extremely vulgar, is malicious more so than others."




上に in this sentence means " in addition". Your sentence is translated as " In
addition that She is extremely vulgar, is malicious more so than others."

