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