high-flown

high-flown (hfln)

adj.

1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted: high-flown ideas about the history of Christianity.

2. Highly pretentious or inflated: high-flown rhetoric.

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high-flown

adj

extravagant or pretentious in conceptioon or intention high-flown ideas

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	high-flown - pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" high-sounding, inflated colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
	2.	high-flown - 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"; "a grand purpose" exalted, high-minded, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, elevated, sublime, grand noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

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high-flown

adjective extravagant, elaborate, pretentious, exaggerated, inflated, lofty, grandiose, overblown, florid, high-falutin (informal), arty-farty (informal), magniloquent Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.
simple, straightforward, restrained, practical, reasonable, moderate, sensible, modest, realistic, pragmatic, down-to-earth, unpretentious

Translations

high-flown [ˈhaɪfləʊn] ADJ → exagerado, altisonante

high-flown [ˌhaɪˈfləʊn] adj (speech) → altisonante/a; (language) → ampolloso/a

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high-flown [ˌhaɪˈfləʊn] adj (speech) → altisonante/a; (language) → ampolloso/a