variants also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for la-di-da
Adjective
  • Even when Season Three felt meandering or pretentious, the vibe set by the music and the production design never faltered.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2025
  • My book recommendations are uncommon, but not pretentious.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • As pompous actor Garry, Nehal Joshi aces the tough task of making his character’s halting, inarticulate speech sound authentic.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • And more than any other animal, cats represented to her its moral antithesis: lazy, pompous, interested only in themselves.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The winner of a 2025 Robb Report Best of the Best Award for its central staircase, Eternal Spark’s interior bears a family resemblance to its sistership, Camila, but is a bit more ostentatious.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 July 2025
  • Season 1 saw them and their nearly grown children, Larry (Harry Richardson) and Gladys (Taissa Farmiga), move into an ostentatious mansion on old-money 61st St. Bertha set about scheming to rule high society the way her husband dominated business.
    Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Certainly, there was a gap between high-minded intentions and the actual application of the law.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 30 June 2025
  • Ghost Note Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford St., Fairfield An all-star funk outfit anchored by the Snarky Puppy rhythm section and featuring talents who’ve backed up Prince, Herbie Hancock and Kendrick Lamar, Ghost Notes is a high-minded party band ideal for the heat of early July.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • While the grandiose gestures may seem romantic and well-intentioned, love bombing is almost always followed by devaluation and criticism.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 July 2025
  • In Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, collective or cooperative land reforms—less grandiose and more grassroots than the Soviet or Chinese variants—brought substantive and lasting social change.
    Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Then there’s Grady (Topher Grace), the highfalutin sociopath who was supplying the drugs the Buckleys were hauling.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 20 June 2025
  • Magazine editors weren’t the only highfalutin New Yorkers who fetishized the Post.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • For those still on Windows 10 who might be feeling rather smug at avoiding these Windows 11 issues, Windows Latest has just issued a new warning, given that its own recent updates are not faring any better.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • His reboot has the benefit of an actor, David Corenswet, who may not have a lot of colors to work with, but whose presence is infinitely easier to take and less of a huge pile of smug than Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • As the day goes on, Jim goes from a caricature of an arrogant male director to an oddly compelling picture of a pathetic man, moved by spite toward his ex-wife, Anita.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 July 2025
  • Actor Tyler Hilton played Chris Keller, a charming but arrogant musician, on four seasons of the teen soap.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“La-di-da.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/la-di-da. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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