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high-flown
high-flown (hī′flōn′)adj.1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted: high-flown ideas about the history of Christianity.2. Highly pretentious or inflated: high-flown rhetoric.high-flown adj extravagant or pretentious in conception or intention: high-flown ideas. high′-flown′
adj. 1. extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc. 2. pretentiously lofty; bombastic: high-flown oratory. [1640–50] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | high-flown - pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"high-sounding, inflatedcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechpretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | | 2. | high-flown - of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"exalted, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, elevated, sublime, grandnoble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" |
high-flownadjective extravagant, elaborate, pretentious, exaggerated, inflated, lofty, grandiose, overblown, florid, high-falutin (informal), arty-farty (informal), magniloquent Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.
simple, straightforward, restrained, practical, reasonable, moderate, sensible, modest, realistic, pragmatic, down-to-earth, unpretentioushigh-flownadjective1. Exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style:elevated, eloquent, exalted, grand, high, lofty.2. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.Translationshigh-flown
Synonyms for high-flownadj extravagantSynonyms- extravagant
- elaborate
- pretentious
- exaggerated
- inflated
- lofty
- grandiose
- overblown
- florid
- high-falutin
- arty-farty
- magniloquent
Antonyms- simple
- straightforward
- restrained
- practical
- reasonable
- moderate
- sensible
- modest
- realistic
- pragmatic
- down-to-earth
- unpretentious
Synonyms for high-flownadj exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or styleSynonyms- elevated
- eloquent
- exalted
- grand
- high
- lofty
adj characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in styleSynonyms- aureate
- bombastic
- declamatory
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- high-sounding
- magniloquent
- orotund
- overblown
- rhetorical
- sonorous
- swollen
Synonyms for high-flownadj pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)SynonymsRelated Wordsadj of high moral or intellectual valueSynonyms- exalted
- high-minded
- lofty
- noble-minded
- rarefied
- rarified
- idealistic
- elevated
- sublime
- grand
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