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