hoity-toity Antonyms
Strongest:
- lowly
- retiring
- humble
- retiring
- homely
- meek
- timid
- down-to-earth
- quiet
- humble
- timid
- meek
- unassuming
- homely
- unassuming
- passive
- quiet
- lowly
- passive
- down-to-earth
Strong:
- modest
- reserved
- mousy
- demure
- unassertive
- bashful
- demure
- diffident
- shy
- unpretentious
- shy
- unassertive
- mousy
- diffident
- bashful
- modest
- reserved
- unpretentious
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- complacent
- sententious
- cavalier
- supercilious
- self-complacent
- lah-di-dah
- egoistic
- prideful
- haughty
- egoistical
- pompous
- la-de-da
- grandiose
- high-toned
- bragging
- imperious
- self-obsessed
- disdainful
- self-important
- high-hat
- self-centered
- snobby
- high-flown
- ostentatious
- presumptuous
- affected
- snobbish
- overweening
- snippy
- pretentious
- high-handed
- high-minded
- self-satisfied
- grandiloquent
- egotistic
- conceited
- self-conceited
- la-di-da
- bumptious
- high-sounding
- aggressive
- highfalutin
- egotistical
- hifalutin
- vainglorious
Weak:
- self-aggrandizing
- self-glorifying
- gaudy
- audacious
- impudent
- cheeky
- flamboyant
- bold
- self-dramatizing
- stuck-up
- lah-dee-dah
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- showy
- confident
- braggart
- rude
- airy
- boastful
- sure
- self-promoting
- flashy
- brassy
- garish
- cocky
- self-confident
- superior
- lordly
- assertive
- glitzy
- lah-de-dah
- self-assured
- self-pleased
- insolent
- flaunting
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
smug, uppity,arrogant, important, vain, proud, high-and-mighty, complacent, sententious, cavalier
lowly, retiring, humble, retiring, homely, meek, timid, down-to-earth, quiet,humble
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.
