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 also hifalutin
        
    1
                    as in rhetoric
                                                
              
          
                                                      full of fine words and fancy expressions                                       
              
                             his highfalutin paean to the working class failed to win over a crowd that wanted to hear down-to-earth proposals for economic relief                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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2
                    as in arrogant
                                                
              
          
                                                      having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude                                       
              
                             her highfalutin relatives from New York made the snide remark that her little house "has that lived-in look"                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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3
                    as in superior
                                                
              
          
                                                      having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself                                       
              
                             refused to be intimidated by the highfalutin manner of the sales staff in the fashionable boutique                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in smug
                                                
              
          
                                                      self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance                                       
              
                             "fine Southern cuisine" sounds a bit highfalutin for a barbecue shack                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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