toplofty
Pompously self-important attitude
Toplofty means haughty or pretentious, suggesting someone who acts superior or puts on airs: She gave me a toplofty look when I mispronounced the composer's name.
The word is informal and somewhat old-fashioned, with a mildly humorous tone that mocks the very attitude it describes.
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
high-and-mighty · lordly · uppity · snobbish · contemptuous · overweening · presumptuous · self-important
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · pontifical · puffed-up · vainglorious · affected · bloated · magniloquent · inflated
Treating someone as inferior
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
- derisiveExpressing contemptuous ridicule
deprecating · disparaging · scoffing · mocking · snooty · superior · deigning · snide
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- imperiousArrogantly authoritative
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
disdainful · high-and-mighty · lordly · uppity · snobbish · contemptuous · overweening · presumptuous · self-important · egotistical
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
grandiose · highfalutin · pontifical · puffed-up · vainglorious · affected · bloated · magniloquent · inflated · self-aggrandizing
patronizing
Treating someone as inferior
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
derisive · deprecating · disparaging · scoffing · mocking · snooty · superior · deigning · snide · high-handed
toploftyhumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · unpretentious · unassuming · lowly · meek
toploftydeferential
Showing humble submission
demure · retiring · unobtrusive · reserved · yielding