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