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High-flown

High-flown Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of High-flown? [adj] 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" [adj] (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" Synonyms \| Synonyms for High-flown: exalted \| high-flying \| high-minded \| high-sounding \| idealistic \| inflated \| lofty \| noble \| noble-minded \| pretentious \| rarefied \| rarified Related Terms \| Find terms related to High-flown: absurd \| affected \| aggrandized \| ambitious \| amplified \| arrogant \| ballyhooed \| bedizened \| beyond belief \| big \| big-sounding \| bizarre \| bombastic \| classy \| cockamamie \| condescending \| convoluted \| crazy \| declamatory \| disproportionate \| domineering \| elevated \| euphuistic \| exaggerated \| excessive \| exorbitant \| extravagant \| extreme \| fancy \| fantastic \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flaunting \| flossy \| foolish \| fulsome \| garish \| gassy \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| grotesque \| haughty \| high \| highfalutin \| highfaluting \| high-faluting \| high-flowing \| high-flying \| high-headed \| high-minded \| high-nosed \| high-sounding \| high-swelling \| high-toned \| hoity-toity \| hyperbolic \| incredible \| inflated \| inkhorn \| inordinate \| Johnsonian \| labyrinthine \| laughable \| lexiphanic \| lofty \| ludicrous \| lurid \| magnified \| magniloquent \| meretricious \| monstrous \| nonsensical \| orotund \| ostentatious \| outrageous \| outre \| overbearing \| overdone \| overdrawn \| overelaborate \| overemphasized \| overemphatic \| overestimated \| overgreat \| overinvolved \| overlarge \| overpraised \| oversold \| overstated \| overstressed \| overwrought \| patronizing \| pedantic \| pompous \| poppycockish \| preposterous \| pretentious \| prodigal \| profuse \| proud \| puffed \| purse-proud \| rhetorical \| ridiculous \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| showy \| sonorous \| stilted \| stretched \| stuck-up \| superior \| superlative \| swollen \| tall \| tony \| toplofty \| tortuous \| touted \| uppish \| uppity \| upstage \| vaunting \| weird \| wild \| windy See Also \| High-flown In Webster's Dictionary \High"-flown`\, a. 1. Elevated; proud. ``High-flown hopes.'' --Denham. 2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. --M. Arnold.

High-flown Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of High-flown?

[adj] 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"
[adj] (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"

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High-flown In Webster's Dictionary

\High"-flown`\, a.
1. Elevated; proud. ``High-flown hopes.'' --Denham.

2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
   language. --M. Arnold.

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