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