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