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Lofty

Lofty Meaning & Definition
Lofty Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lofty?

[adj] of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"
[adj] having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lofty: eminent | exalted | gallant | high | high-flown | high-minded | idealistic | impressive | majestic | noble | noble-minded | proud | rarefied | rarified | soaring | towering

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lofty: aerial | affected | aggrandized | airy | altitudinous | ambitious | analytic | analytical | apotheosized | aristocratic | arrogant | ascending | aspiring | august | awesome | beatified | bedizened | benevolent | big | bighearted | big-sounding | blue-blooded | brand | candid | canonized | cavalier | celebrated | chivalrous | classy | clear | cogent | colossal | compelling | condescending | consequent | considerate | contemptuous | contumelious | convincing | convoluted | declamatory | deified | detached | dignified | discriminating | disdainful | disinterested | dispassionate | distinguished | dominating | domineering | elevated | eloquent | eminent | ennobled | enshrined | enthroned | erect | ethereal | euphuistic | exalted | excellent | famous | fancy | flamboyant | flaming | flashy | flaunting | flossy | fulsome | garish | gaudy | generous | glorified | glorious | godlike | Gongoresque | grand | grandiloquent | grandiose | grandisonant | grave | great | great of heart | greathearted | handsome | haughty | held in awe | heroic | high | high and mighty | high-and-mighty | highfalutin | highfaluting | high-faluting | high-flowing | high-flown | high-flying | high-headed | high-minded | high-nosed | high-pitched | high-reaching | high-set | high-sounding | high-toned | high-up | hoity-toity | honorable | honored | idealistic | illustrious | immortal | immortalized | impartial | imperial | impersonal | imposing | inkhorn | insolent | inspiring | intelligent | Johnsonian | knightly | labyrinthine | largehearted | lauded | leading | lexiphanic | liberal | lifted | logical | logo | logotype | lucid | lurid | magisterial | magnanimous | magnificent | magnified | magniloquent | majestic | meretricious | mighty | monumental | mounting | moving | neutral | noble | noble-minded | notable | Olympian | on stilts | openhanded | orotund | ostentatious | outtopping | overbearing | overdone | overelaborate | overinvolved | overlooking | overtopping | overweening | overwrought | patronizing | pedantic | perspicuous | pompous | pretentious | princely | prominent | proud | purse-proud | raised | rampant | ratiocinative | rational | reasonable | regal | renowned | respected | rhetorical | sainted | sanctified | scornful | selfless | sensational | sensationalistic | sensible | sententious | serious | showy | shrined | skyscraping | snobbish | snooty | snotty | soaring | solemn | sonorous | sound | spiring | stately | steep | stilted | stuck-up | sublime | subtle | superb | supercilious | supereminent | superior | superlative | supernal | tall | telling | thoroughbred | throned | tony | topless | toplofty | topping | tortuous | towering | towery | trademark | unbiased | uninfluenced | unselfish | unswayed | upcast | upflung | uplifted | uppish | uppity | upraised | upreared | upright | upstage | upthrown | utopian | vainglorious | valid | vaunting | venerable | visionary | weighty

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Lofty In Webster's Dictionary

\Loft"y\, a. [Compar. {Loftier}; superl. {Loftiest}.] [From {Loft}.] 1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope. 2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak. Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. --Milton. Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See {Tall}.

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