Figurative language ひどく下品な上に Reading by , I have come across a rather long sentence: > **** 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 is functioning in the phrase . 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.

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