high-flown

high–flown

adj \ˈhī-ˈflōn\

Definition of HIGH-FLOWN

1

: exceedingly or excessively high or favorable

2

: having an excessively embellished or inflated character : pretentious <high–flown language>

First Known Use of HIGH-FLOWN

1647

Related to HIGH-FLOWN

Synonyms: aureate, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

Antonyms: ineloquent, low, undignified

Related Words: affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted; excessive, flattering, fulsome; boastful, bombastic; elevated, eloquent, lofty; bookish, inkhorn, learned

Near Antonyms: prosaic, unpoetic; bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned; natural, unaffected, unpretentious

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