high-flown as an adjective: - 1
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high-flown
adjective
1 high-flown
Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals):
— High-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school.
synonyms: high-sounding, inflated.
Roget 880:
vain,
vain as a peacock,
proud as a peacock;
conceited,
overweening,
pert,
forward;
vainglorious,
high-flown;
ostentatious
etc.
882;
puffed up,
inflated,
flushed.
self-satisfied,
self-confident,
self-sufficient,
self-flattering,
self-admiring,
self-applauding,
self-glorious,
self-opinionated;
entente
etc.
(wrongheaded)
481;
wise in one's own conceit,
pragmatical†,
overwise†,
pretentious,
priggish;
egotistic,
egotistical;
soi-disant
etc.
(boastful)
884 [Fr.];
arrogant
etc.
885.
unabashed,
unblushing;
unconstrained,
unceremonious;
free and easy.
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Roget 885:
insolent,
haughty,
arrogant,
imperious,
magisterial,
dictatorial,
arbitrary;
high-handed,
high and mighty;
contumelious,
supercilious,
overbearing,
intolerant,
domineering,
overweening,
high-flown.
flippant,
pert,
fresh [U.S.],
cavalier,
saucy,
forward,
impertinent,
malapert.
precocious,
assuming,
would-be,
bumptious.
bluff;
brazen,
shameless,
aweless,
unblushing†,
unabashed;
brazen,
boldfaced-,
barefaced-,
brazen-faced;
dead to shame,
lost to shame.
impudent,
audacious,
presumptuous,
free and easy,
devil-may-care,
rollicking;
jaunty,
janty†;
roistering,
blustering,
hectoring,
swaggering,
vaporing;
thrasonic,
fire eating,
full of sound and fury"
[Macbeth].
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2 high-flown
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style:
— Argue in terms of high-flown ideals.
synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime.
Roget 878:
dignified;
stately;
proud,
proud-crested;
lordly,
baronial;
lofty-minded;
highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled†,
high-handed,
high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned.
haughty lofty,
high,
mighty,
swollen,
puffed up,
flushed,
blown;
vainglorious;
purse-proud,
fine;
proud as a peacock,
proud as Lucifer;
bloated with pride.
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious,
high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential;
arrogant
etc.
885;
unblushing
etc.
880.
stiff,
stiff-necked;
starch;
perked stuck-up;
in buckram,
strait-laced;
prim
etc.
(affected)
855.
on one's dignity,
on one's high horses,
on one's tight ropes,
on one's high ropes;
on stilts;
en grand seigneur [Fr.].
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