la-di-da

adjective

ˌlä-dē-ˈdä How to pronounce la-di-da (audio)
variants also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah
Definition of la-di-danext
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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for la-di-da
  1. pretentious
  2. pompous
  3. ostentatious
  4. high-minded
  5. grandiose
  6. highfalutin
  7. smug
  8. arrogant
Adjective
  • Co-founder and master distiller Andy Wahl grew up in wine country, in California’s Sonoma County, and felt that the fine wines harvested in the region were pretentious and inaccessible.
    John Kell, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Yet Connell of all people, whose pretentious classmates use novels to seem superior, should know that the love of literature is hardly disinterested.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of pretentious
Adjective
  • Bonneville, as the ineffectually pompous Mr. Brown, always gives the impression of having a whale of a time.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Film festivals can often be pompous affairs, full of endless gatekeeping, infinite gradations of status, and extremely specific dress codes.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of pompous
Adjective
  • His recent monograph, Peter Ivens - Houses (Luster), highlights how to create character in a home without being ostentatious.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Of clothing: not showy, ostentatious, or overly revealing.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of ostentatious
Adjective
  • At Gucci Osteria high-minded fashion and high-minded fare converge at a singular address.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • From the start, then, his work was high-minded and cross-disciplinary.
    Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of high-minded
Adjective
  • Explore the festive side of metro Detroit this holiday season with drive-through holiday light shows, grandiose participating neighborhoods and downtown decorations.
    Kayla Cockrel, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Delusions of grandeur, also known as grandiose delusions (GDs), are a type of delusion, or false belief.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of grandiose
Adjective
  • Fantasia 2000 is not as highfalutin as the groundbreaking original.
    Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Newsom, for all his highfalutin rhetoric about championing all Californians, just can’t quit the gentry and the insiders who have made his career.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of highfalutin
Adjective
  • The season’s final images of the now-President Grace Penn looking smug and Wyler looking panicked signal the power struggle to come.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Mars took a chilling photo of Carolyn Bryant, a thin, pale brunette with dark lipstick and sharp eyebrows, sitting cross-armed in the gallery, looking smug.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of smug
Adjective
  • Nobody wants to be around an arrogant or disrespectful individual, in the workplace or in day-to-day life.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • So Far Trump in fact as played by Stan is a mix of charming and shy, troubled and insecure, arrogant and angry, a creative dealmaker with vision, narcissitic, cruel, self-serving, at times grief stricken.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of arrogant
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lades

la-di-da

ladies

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