high-flown English

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high-flown

— adjective (= high-sounding) 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

— adjective (= exalted, elevated, grand, lofty) 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

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high-flown English » English

bombastic

pompous

high-sounding

turgid

sublime

rarified

rarefied

noble-minded

lofty

inflated

idealistic

high-minded

grandiloquent

grand

exalted

elevated

tumid

tall

stilted

sententious

purple

pontifical

orotund

magniloquent

high-flying

hifalutin

fustian

flamboyant

artsy