- high-flown adj
- [ˌhaɪ'fləʊn]
(speech) altisonante (-a), (language) ampolloso (-a)
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high-flown adj
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high-flown — adj high flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning … Dictionary of contemporary English
high-flown — high′ flown′ adj. 1) extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc 2) pretentiously lofty; bombastic: high flown oratory[/ex] • Etymology: 1640–50 … From formal English to slang
high-flown — [adj] exalted, lofty bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, grandiose, inflated, showy, turgid; concept 562 … New thesaurus
high-flown — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) High flown language is very grand, formal, or literary. It is highly probable that many of the Service s personnel were put off by such high flown rhetoric … English dictionary
high-flown — [hī′flōn′] adj. 1. extravagantly ambitious or aspiring 2. high sounding but meaningless; bombastic … English World dictionary
high-flown — /huy flohn /, adj. 1. extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc. 2. pretentiously lofty; bombastic: We couldn t endure his high flown oratory. [1640 50] Syn. 2. florid, flowery, magniloquent, grandiloquent. * * * … Universalium
high-flown — adj grandiloquent, grandiose, magniloquent, extravagant, lofty, vaulting, high sounding, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; bombastic, bombastical, inflated, swollen, bloated, flatulent, turgid, plethoric; overdrawn, overdone,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… … Useful english dictionary
high-sounding — adj grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, high flown. See high flown … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
flown — flown1 [flōn] vi., vt. pp. of FLY1: sometimes used to form hyphenated adjectives [far flown, high flown] flown2 [flōn] adj. [obs. pp. of FLOW] filled too full … English World dictionary
high|fa|lu|ting — high|fa|lu|tin or high|fa|lu|ting «HY fuh LOO tuhn», adjective, noun. Informal. –adj. high sounding; pompous; bombastic. –n. pompous speech or writing; bombast. ╂[American English, possibly variant of high flown, or highflying] –high´ … Useful english dictionary
