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HIGH-FLOWN Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. exceedingly or excessively high or favorable 2. having an excessively embellished or inflated character : pretentious
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High-flown - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A person is considered high-flown if he tries to sound smarter or fancier than he really is. The adjective high-flown particularly comes in handy when you're ...
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316 Synonyms & Antonyms for HIGH-FLOWN | Thesaurus.com
high-flown · bombastic · elaborate · exaggerated · extravagant · grandiloquent · grandiose · inflated · showy · turgid. Did You Know? "Muscle" originates from ...
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high-flown
ˈhigh-flown, a. [f. high adv. + flown pa. pple. of fly v.] † 1. Soaring high; carrying things to a high pitch; elevated; elated. In quot. a 1656, Intoxicated, ‘elevated’. Obs.1647 N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lii. (1739) 93 As yet oppression was not so high-flown. a 1656 Ussher Ann. vi. (1658) 112 T...
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HIGH-FLOWN Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words
Synonyms for HIGH-FLOWN: rhetoric, rhetorical, ornate, purple, grandiloquent, high-sounding, hifalutin, eloquent; Antonyms of HIGH-FLOWN: ...
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high-flown | definition for kids - Wordsmyth Children's Dictionary
definition 1: excessive or extravagant, as in self-esteem, goals, or the like. antonyms: · modest, unassuming · definition 2: absurdly ...
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high-flown
high-flownadj (of language, etc) extravagantly grand and pretentious (指语言等)浮夸的, 言过其实的.
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HIGH-FLOWN definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. extravagantly ambitious or aspiring 2. high-sounding but meaningless; bombastic Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
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HIGH-FLOWN Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective pretentiously lofty; bombastic: We couldn't endure his high-flown oratory. Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent, flowery, florid
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high-flown, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective high-flown. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. high-flown has ...
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ᐅ HIGH-FLOWN crossword clue 4 - 8 letters - puzzle answer
The shortest crossword solution for High-flown is 4 letters long and is called TALL. The longest solution is eight letters long and is called MAGNIFIC. How ...
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HIGH-FLOWN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
High-flown language, ideas, or behavior is meant to make you admire someone. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Showing arrogance and conceit.
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James Arbuckle
by Glotta, or, the Clyde (1721), a tribute to Scottish life and scenery in which the most ordinary topics (such as golf and swimming) are depicted in high-flown
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Butter (Butter 08 album)
Critics also noted the contrast between Hatori's and Simins' vocals, calling Hatori's "high-flown" and "shrill" and Simins' a "paranoid growl", a "restrained
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illuminado
illumiˈnado obs. variant of illuminato, with Sp. ending -ado: see illuminati.1672 H. More Brief Reply 17 For there are some high-flown Illuminado's, that hold that lying with another mans wife is not Adultery in them though it be so in others.
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