hoity-toity

• Décrit une personne prétentieuse, snob ou excessivement soucieuse de son statut social.

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.

   maniéré, prétentieux

   • 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.

   Synonymesaffectedarrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishuppity

   Antonymeshumblemodestunassuming