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