sidy

He acts sidy when he shows off his new watch.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Affectedly self-important: "sidy" describes a person who acts in a pretentious, conceited, or pompous manner, often putting on airs of superiority or showing off.
   • Arrogant or snobbish: It can also refer to behavior that is haughty or disdainful toward others, as if looking down on them.

Usage Examples

• (He became pretentious and self-important after advancing in his job.)
• (Her snobbish demeanor alienated others.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be in a sidy mood": to feel or act in a conceited or boastful way at a particular time.

  • Don't talk to him today; he's in a sidy mood and won't listen to reason. (He is currently acting arrogantly.)

• "to put on a sidy air": to deliberately behave as if one is more important or refined than others.

  • She put on a sidy air when she met the new neighbors, speaking in an exaggeratedly posh tone. (She affected a superior manner.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sidiness (noun): the quality or state of being sidy; pretentious self-importance.

  • His sidiness was evident in the way he dismissed everyone else's opinions. (His conceitedness was obvious.)

• Sidily (adverb): in a sidy manner; with affected self-importance.

  • He walked sidily into the room, expecting everyone to admire him. (He entered with an arrogant bearing.)

Synonyms

• Conceited: having an excessively favorable opinion of one's own abilities or importance.
• Pompous: affectedly grand or self-important.
• Haughty: arrogantly superior and disdainful.
• Snobbish: having an attitude of superiority toward others based on social status or wealth.
• Pretentious: attempting to impress others by appearing more important or cultured than is actually the case.

Related Idioms

• To be full of oneself: to be overly self-confident or self-important.

  • He's so full of himself since he won that award — he's become quite sidy. (He is excessively proud and conceited.)

• To put on airs: to behave in a way that suggests one is more important or refined than others.

  • She puts on airs now that she lives in a wealthy neighborhood, acting sidy toward her old friends. (She assumes a superior manner.)