on stilts
adjective
Roget 884:
boasting
etc.
v.;
magniloquent,
flaming,
Thrasonic,
stilted,
gasconading,
braggart,
boastful,
pretentious,
soi-disant [Fr.];
vainglorious
etc.
(conceited)
880;
highfalutin,
highfaluting†;
spread-eagle [U.S.].
elate,
elated;
jubilant,
triumphant,
exultant;
in high feather;
flushed,
flushed with victory;
cock-a-hoop;
on stilts.
vaunted
etc.
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adverb
Roget 206:
on high,
high up,
aloft,
up,
above,
aloof,
overhead;
airwind†;
upstairs,
abovestairs†;
in the clouds;
on tiptoe,
on stilts,
on the shoulders of;
over head and ears;
breast high.
over,
upwards;
from top to bottom
etc.
(completely)
52.
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Roget 307:
on stilts,
on the shoulders of,
on one's legs,
on one's hind legs.
adjective
Roget 549:
exaggerated
etc.
v.;
overwrought;
bombastic
etc.
(grandiloquent)
577;
hyperbolical†,
on stilts;
fabulous,
extravagant,
preposterous,
egregious,
outre [Fr.],
highflying†.
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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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