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Synonyms & Antonyms of high-flown
1
full of fine words and fancy expressions
- gave a high-flown reply instead of a simple "yes" or "no" answer
Synonyms for high-flown
- aureate,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- magnific,
- ornate,
- purple,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric)
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2
very dignified in form, tone, or style
- high-flown speeches about the nobleness of their cause
Synonyms for high-flown
Words Related to high-flown
- affected,
- bombastic,
- declamatory,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- oratorical,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric),
- stilted
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- learned,
- literary
Near Antonyms for high-flown
- coarse,
- common,
- crass,
- crude,
- gross,
- ill-bred,
- indecent,
- lowbred,
- lowbrow,
- rough,
- rough-hewn,
- rude,
- tasteless,
- uncouth,
- uncultivated,
- uncultured,
- unpolished,
- unrefined,
- vulgar
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The first known use of high-flown was in 1647
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