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