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单词 high-flown
释义
High-Flown
adj satadj.allpretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:high-sounding inflated
Examples:
  • high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
  • a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
Antonyms:unpretentious
Inherited Hypernyms:high-flown
Similar to:pretentious
adj satadj.allof high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Synset:elevated exalted grand high-minded idealistic lofty noble-minded rarefied rarified sublime
Examples:
  • an exalted ideal
  • argue in terms of high-flown ideals - Oliver Franks
  • a noble and lofty concept
  • a grand purpose
Antonyms:ignoble
Derivationally Related Form:grandnesshigh-mindednessnoble-mindednessidealism
Inherited Hypernyms:exalted
Similar to:noble
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