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high-toned
high-toned (hī′tōnd′)adj.1. Intellectually, morally, or socially superior.2. Fashionable or pretentious: a high-toned restaurant.high-toned adj 1. having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality 2. affectedly superior 3. high in tone high′-toned′ or high′-tone′,
adj. 1. having high principles; dignified. 2. having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: a high-toned literary review. 3. affectedly stylish or genteel. [1770–80] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | high-toned - pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant"high-classelegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" |
high-toned
Synonyms for high-tonedadj pretentiously elegantSynonymsRelated Words |