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