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单词 la-di-da
释义

la-di-da

adjective

ˌlä-dē-ˈdä How to pronounce la-di-da (audio)
variants or less commonly la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah
informal
: affectedly or pretentiously elegant or refined in manners or tastes
… they soon became civilized. Two years later Fabyan saw them in Westminster Palace, dressed like la-di-da English courtiers. Samuel Eliot Morison
Iris was a freshman at Climping Academy, the Santa Teresa private school located in Horton Ravine, which was so la-di-da, it totally freaked her out. Sue Grafton

Synonyms

  • affected
  • grandiose
  • high-minded
  • highfalutin
  • hifalutin
  • ostentatious
  • pompous
  • pretentious
  • snippy
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Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of lardy-dardy foppish

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

la-di-da

adjective

variants also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah
as in pretentious
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance there's no need to be la-di-da with your friends—we all know that classy accent is a put-on

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pretentious
  • pompous
  • highfalutin
  • ostentatious
  • grandiose
  • smug
  • hifalutin
  • arrogant
  • snippy
  • affected
  • high-minded
  • aggressive
  • uppity
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • conceited
  • bumptious
  • grandiloquent
  • hoity-toity
  • supercilious
  • sententious
  • cavalier
  • vainglorious
  • rude
  • haughty
  • sure
  • complacent
  • egotistic
  • presumptuous
  • high-and-mighty
  • egoistic
  • self-important
  • confident
  • disdainful
  • vain
  • proud
  • imperious
  • self-satisfied
  • high-toned
  • self-complacent
  • cocky
  • important
  • egotistical
  • prideful
  • egoistical
  • self-dramatizing
  • stuck-up
  • brassy
  • high-flown
  • self-conceited
  • overweening
  • showy
  • impudent
  • glitzy
  • bragging
  • airy
  • self-obsessed
  • superior
  • braggart
  • cheeky
  • self-centered
  • boastful
  • lordly
  • self-aggrandizing
  • high-sounding
  • insolent
  • high-handed
  • gaudy
  • self-glorifying
  • high-hat
  • flamboyant
  • self-assertive
  • assertive
  • garish
  • flashy
  • self-pleased
  • self-assured
  • self-promoting
  • audacious
  • self-asserting
  • flaunting
  • self-confident
  • splashy
  • forward
  • bold

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unpretentious
  • modest
  • humble
  • homely
  • unassuming
  • demure
  • meek
  • unassertive
  • lowly
  • timid
  • quiet
  • bashful
  • passive
  • diffident
  • mousy
  • retiring
  • shy
  • down-to-earth
  • reserved
  • mousey
  • overmodest
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