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Synonyms & Antonyms of high-toned
1
as in intellectual, highbrow
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for high-toned
- bourgeois,
- middlebrow
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for high-toned
- backwoods,
- provincial,
- rustic
- (also rustical)
2
as in airy, high-flown
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for high-toned
- affected,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-minded,
- la-di-da
- (also la-de-da or lah-de-dah or lah-dee-dah or lah-di-dah),
- ostentatious,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- snippy
- arrogant,
- bumptious,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- hoity-toity,
- imperious,
- important,
- overweening,
- presumptuous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-important,
- self-obsessed,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- uppity,
- vain,
- vainglorious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for high-toned
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“High-toned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-toned. Accessed 28 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of high-toned was in 1770
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