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High-flying

High-flying Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of High-flying? [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-flying: high-flown \| high-sounding \| inflated \| pretentious Related Terms \| Find terms related to High-flying: affected \| ambitious \| aspiring \| bedizened \| big-sounding \| careerist \| careeristic \| classy \| convoluted \| declamatory \| elevated \| euphuistic \| fancy \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flaunting \| flossy \| fulsome \| garish \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| grandiloquent \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| highfalutin \| highfaluting \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-reaching \| high-sounding \| high-toned \| inkhorn \| Johnsonian \| labyrinthine \| lexiphanic \| lofty \| lurid \| magniloquent \| meretricious \| on the make \| orotund \| ostentatious \| overdone \| overelaborate \| overinvolved \| overwrought \| pedantic \| pompous \| power-hungry \| pretentious \| rhetorical \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| showy \| sky-aspiring \| social-climbing \| sonorous \| stilted \| tall \| tony \| tortuous \| vaunting See Also \|

High-flying Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of High-flying?

[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-flying: high-flown | high-sounding | inflated | pretentious

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