la-de-da

ADJECTIVE

la-di-da

Synonyms

WEAK

apish artificial assumed awkward campy chichi conceited contrived counterfeit counterfeited faked false feigned fraud gone Hollywood ham hammy highfalutin hollow imitated insincere mannered melodramatic ostentatious overdone pedantic phony playacting pompous precious pretended pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious shallow sham simulated spurious stiff stilted studied superficial theatrical unnatural

Example Sentences

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The first gloom and glee, depending on allegiance, came in the 48th minute when Spain got a bit too la-de-da with a clearance.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

What Bette Davis dislikes most about Hollywood is its la-de-da parties and glamor girls.

From Time Magazine Archive

The point is that when I was going in, this la-de-da clerk of his, Cecil Gillis, was coming out.

From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam

Wish to goodness, however, that I was there now instead of stewing in these wretched islands—chasing slavers we can never catch and assailed by the Australian newspapers as 'lazy, la-de-da "haw-haws."

From Edward Barry South Sea Pearler by Becke, Louis

I will, too, if he preaches any more of his la-de-da society rules to me.

From That Girl Montana by Ryan, Marah Ellis