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Definition of la-di-da in English English dictionary
- Disdainful description of pretension or haughtiness
She was all la-di-da, with her nose in the air, and we're all struggling not to laugh because that would be gauche.
- Expression of disdain for pretension or haughtiness
Well la-di-da, aren't you the impressive personage, with a feather in your hair yet..
- disapproval If you describe someone as la-di-da, you mean that they have an upper-class way of behaving, which you think seems unnatural and is only done to impress people. I wouldn't trust them in spite of all their la-di-da manners. used to describe someone's behaviour when you think they are talking and behaving as if they consider themselves better than other people = snobbish (Copying the speech of upper-class people)