la-di-da

• Informelles, oft missbilligendes Adjektiv, das jemanden oder etwas beschreibt, der/das affektiert, geziert oder übertrieben vornehm im Auftreten oder Stil ist.

An informal, often disapproving adjective used to describe someone or something that is pretentious, affectedly refined, or overly fancy in manner or style.

1. Affectedly refined or pretentiousC1informal

   Behaving or speaking in an exaggeratedly refined, elegant, or upper-class manner, often to impress others.

   Affektiert, geziert

   • He put on a la-di-da accent when talking to the guests.
   • She found their la-di-da manners quite annoying.
   • The restaurant had a la-di-da atmosphere that felt very forced.

   Synonymeaffectedartificialhoity-toitymannerlyostentatiousposhpretentioussnobbishuppity

   Antonymehumblemodestnaturalplainsimpleunpretentious