hoity-toity

• Beschreibt eine Person, die eingebildet, snobistisch oder übermäßig auf sozialen Status bedacht ist.

Describes someone who is pretentious, snobbish, or overly concerned with social status.

1. Pretentiously refinedC1informal

   Behaving in a way that suggests one is superior or more refined than others, often in an exaggerated or affected manner.

   Affektiert, hochnäsig

   • She put on a hoity-toity accent when speaking to the waiter.
   • The hoity-toity art gallery owner looked down on amateur painters.
   • He found the hoity-toity atmosphere of the charity gala unbearable.

   Synonymeaffectedarrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishuppity

   Antonymehumblemodestunassuming