hoity-toity Antonyms
Strongest:
- meek
- quiet
- homely
- passive
- timid
- homely
- quiet
- unassuming
- down-to-earth
- timid
- lowly
- unassuming
- humble
- passive
- meek
- down-to-earth
- retiring
- lowly
- retiring
- humble
Strong:
- mousy
- demure
- modest
- unpretentious
- unassertive
- demure
- bashful
- diffident
- diffident
- modest
- shy
- mousy
- reserved
- unpretentious
- bashful
- unassertive
- shy
- reserved
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- egoistical
- high-sounding
- self-satisfied
- affected
- grandiose
- hifalutin
- egotistical
- la-de-da
- self-obsessed
- bumptious
- disdainful
- la-di-da
- egotistic
- cavalier
- bragging
- prideful
- pretentious
- aggressive
- ostentatious
- self-important
- high-hat
- sententious
- lah-di-dah
- egoistic
- supercilious
- vainglorious
- conceited
- highfalutin
- high-toned
- self-centered
- presumptuous
- overweening
- complacent
- imperious
- high-minded
- high-flown
- snippy
- high-handed
- haughty
- snobby
- self-complacent
- self-conceited
- snobbish
- pompous
- grandiloquent
Weak:
- assertive
- flamboyant
- audacious
- lordly
- boastful
- self-asserting
- self-dramatizing
- impudent
- confident
- lah-de-dah
- cocky
- garish
- insolent
- rude
- flaunting
- self-glorifying
- flashy
- showy
- airy
- self-pleased
- sure
- self-promoting
- gaudy
- self-aggrandizing
- braggart
- stuck-up
- self-assured
- superior
- lah-dee-dah
- bold
- self-confident
- cheeky
- brassy
- self-assertive
- glitzy
Meaning of hoity-toity
hoity-toity (s)
affectedly genteel
hoity-toity (a.)
Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt.
hoity-toity Sentence Examples
- The hoity-toity socialite flaunted her designer handbag at the charity gala.
- He used hoity-toity phrases that made it difficult for others to understand him.
- The couple's snobbish attitude made them appear hoity-toity.
- The hoity-toity party planner was obsessed with the finest details.
- Her hoity-toity manner made her seem standoffish and unapproachable.
- The hoity-toity chef refused to cook anything that wasn't organic and gluten-free.
- The hoity-toity boutique sold clothes that were absurdly expensive.
- He tried to act hoity-toity, but everyone saw through his pretense.
- The hoity-toity magazine editor dismissed the work of unknown writers.
- Her hoity-toity voice grated on the nerves of the guests at the dinner party.
FAQs About the word hoity-toity
affectedly genteelThoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an excl
important,arrogant, high-and-mighty, uppity, vain, smug, proud, egoistical, high-sounding, self-satisfied
meek, quiet, homely, passive, timid, homely, quiet, unassuming, down-to-earth, timid
The hoity-toity socialite flaunted her designer handbag at the charity gala.
He used hoity-toity phrases that made it difficult for others to understand him.
The couple's snobbish attitude made them appear hoity-toity.
The hoity-toity party planner was obsessed with the finest details.
