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单词 high-toned
释义

high-toned

adjective

ˈhī-ˈtōnd How to pronounce high-toned (audio)
1
: high in social, moral, or intellectual quality
2
: pretentious, pompous

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined at sense 1

high-toned

adjective

1
as in highbrow

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • highbrow
  • intellectualistic
  • cerebral
  • genteel
  • civilized
  • intellectualist
  • intellectual
  • bourgeois
  • polished
  • cultured
  • cultivated
  • middlebrow
  • couth
  • erudite
  • highbrowed
  • refined
  • accomplished
  • educated
  • scholarly
  • literate
  • civil
  • urbane
  • cosmopolitan
  • polite
  • knowledgeable
  • well-bred
  • courteous
  • sophisticated
  • mannerly
  • learned
  • well-read
  • hypercivilized
  • overcivilized
  • oversophisticated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unrefined
  • unpolished
  • barbarous
  • ignorant
  • uncultured
  • uncivilized
  • coarse
  • barbaric
  • uneducated
  • lowbrow
  • ungenteel
  • illiterate
  • rustic
  • philistine
  • provincial
  • unsophisticated
  • unintelligent
  • unlettered
  • vulgar
  • crude
  • backwoods
  • uncouth
  • boorish
  • inelegant
  • clownish
  • ill-bred
  • rustical
  • cloddish
  • ill-mannered
  • churlish
  • polyester
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2
as in sententious

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sententious
  • grandiloquent
  • pretentious
  • grandiose
  • bumptious
  • highfalutin
  • pompous
  • ostentatious
  • high-minded
  • high-flown
  • uppity
  • arrogant
  • hifalutin
  • high-sounding
  • vainglorious
  • hoity-toity
  • conceited
  • egotistic
  • smug
  • airy
  • supercilious
  • snobbish
  • haughty
  • la-di-da
  • snippy
  • imperious
  • snobby
  • la-de-da
  • egoistic
  • high-and-mighty
  • presumptuous
  • self-complacent
  • affected
  • cavalier
  • lah-di-dah
  • complacent
  • self-satisfied
  • egotistical
  • vain
  • self-important
  • overweening
  • important
  • prideful
  • self-assertive
  • disdainful
  • self-dramatizing
  • lah-dee-dah
  • brassy
  • egoistical
  • superior
  • high-handed
  • self-conceited
  • self-centered
  • proud
  • self-glorifying
  • high-hat
  • self-aggrandizing
  • impudent
  • self-obsessed
  • showy
  • lordly
  • self-pleased
  • self-asserting
  • lah-de-dah
  • stuck-up
  • confident
  • boastful
  • assertive
  • glitzy
  • insolent
  • audacious
  • flamboyant
  • self-promoting
  • aggressive
  • cocky
  • braggart
  • gaudy
  • flashy
  • cheeky
  • bragging
  • self-assured
  • garish
  • self-confident
  • splashy
  • flaunting
  • sure
  • bold
  • forward
  • rude

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • modest
  • unpretentious
  • humble
  • demure
  • unassuming
  • meek
  • homely
  • unassertive
  • lowly
  • quiet
  • passive
  • timid
  • bashful
  • retiring
  • reserved
  • down-to-earth
  • diffident
  • shy
  • mousy
  • mousey
  • overmodest
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