as in arrogant
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having or showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they are better, smarter, or more important than other people
a bunch of hoity-toity snobs
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Recent Examples of hoity-toity
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
25 Dec. 2025
Alas, there is no end in sight to the tornado of hoity-toity chaos that is Martin Levy.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Not to be hoity-toity or artsy or whatever.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Ditch your hoity-toity cocktail reception to get down with some hometown talent and hang with a hip-hop heavyweight.
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Mars Salazar,
Austin American-Statesman,
12 Dec. 2024
From the hoity-toity BAFTAs to the jovial People’s Choice Awards, the events this past week were pretty varied.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Yes, ping-pong … table tennis for you hoity-toity types.
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
25 Dec. 2025
Alas, there is no end in sight to the tornado of hoity-toity chaos that is Martin Levy.
—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Not to be hoity-toity or artsy or whatever.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Alas, there is no end in sight to the tornado of hoity-toity chaos that is Martin Levy.
—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
Ditch your hoity-toity cocktail reception to get down with some hometown talent and hang with a hip-hop heavyweight.
—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American-Statesman,
12 Dec. 2024
From the hoity-toity BAFTAs to the jovial People’s Choice Awards, the events this past week were pretty varied.
—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoity-toity
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West Germany, arrogant attitude adjusted, pounded Chile, 4-1.
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Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.
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The project has been plagued by technical issues, supplier disputes, and alleged tomfoolery—empty mini tequila bottles were reportedly discovered on one of the airplanes under construction.
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The latest tomfoolery consisted of a posting on Twitter/X last week that provided a picture of a genuine Monet painting, and the picture was labeled as supposedly being AI-generated.
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Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.
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Li at times plays Cola with a smug impetuousness that belies her naivety about this world to a satisfying degree.
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The forecast for Thursday calls for craziness.
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Meanwhile, the Spurs had to rush off the court to avoid getting caught up in all the craziness.
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One interesting trend is that this tournament will feature some very good tight ends, a position that has become increasingly important in college football and the NFL but not so much in high school football in the era of spread offenses.
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As technology becomes more sophisticated and the number of living survivors continues to decline, preserving authentic testimony becomes even more important.
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But this was no monkey business April Fool’s joke.
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Barnett was the second Mississippi resident to take the monkey business into their own hands.
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Usually, their appeals are in vain, with the Norwegian flagged offside just five times last season, fewer than any other Premier League forward who played at least 900 minutes.
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After booking commercials and minor screen roles during the ’50s and ’60s, he was cast as the vain but rather dim TV news anchor Ted Baxter in 1970.
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And the rigmarole of international travel is a very good reason.
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Alternatives were mooted, such as filming in England, but flying all the crew from Poland, and their associated visa requirements, would have added to the rigmarole.
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“Hoity-toity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoity-toity. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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