high-flown
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adjective \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>
See 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
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