hoity-toity

• Descreve uma pessoa pretensiosa, esnobe ou excessivamente preocupada com status social; alguém que se acha superior aos outros.

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.

   Arrogante e afetado

   • 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.

   Sinônimosaffectedarrogantconceitedhaughtypompouspretentioussnobbishuppity

   Antônimoshumblemodestunassuming