Definitions

la-di-da

[lah-dee-dah] / ˈlɑ diˈdɑ /

ADJECTIVE

affected

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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Her catchphrase, “Oh well, la-di-da, la-di-da,” became iconic.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms. Keaton’s la-di-da breeziness was one of her most sneakily beguiling qualities; she came across as the best friend you’d love to confide in because you knew she didn’t hold herself higher than you.

From The Wall Street Journal

"At the risk of sounding la-di-da, this is, truly, my Proustian madeleine."

From Salon

And then, la-di-da, they’ll go back to pretending this is a normal presidency rather than a runaway train.

From Washington Post

There is a preposterous la-di-da in trying to use philosophy to make sense of Mr. Trump—even dragging in, as I intend to do, the greatest of the pre-Socratic Greeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

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