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