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