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high-flown

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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.

high-flown
adj
extravagant or pretentious in conceptioon or intention high-flown ideas
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"
noble - having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"

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


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Let him, therefore, be permitted, in his own high-flown way, to speak for himself.
The liberal party said, or rather allowed it to be understood, that religion is only a curb to keep in check the barbarous classes of the people; and Stepan Arkadyevitch could not get through even a short service without his legs aching from standing up, and could never make out what was the object of all the terrible and high-flown language about another world when life might be so very amusing in this world.
It was a letter to her from a medical student or someone of that sort--a very high-flown and flowery, but extremely respectful, love-letter.
 
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