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