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