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Synonyms and Antonyms of highfalutin
- his highfalutin paean to the working class failed to win over a crowd that wanted to hear down-to-earth proposals for economic relief
aureate, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)
- her highfalutin relatives from New York made the snide remark that her little house "has that lived-in look"
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificating
condescending, disdainful, patronizing
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vainglorious
complacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up
self-flattering, self-loving, self-promoting
brash, forward, uninhibited, unreserved
extroverted (also extraverted), immodest
- refused to be intimidated by the highfalutin manner of the sales staff in the fashionable boutique
complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistic (also egotistical), important, self-assertive, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
arrogant, pretentious, sniffy, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious
cavalier, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, swaggering
cocky, overconfident, presuming, presumptuous
bloated, boastful, bombastic, self-glorifying
audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucy
confident, presuming, self-assured, self-confident, sure
bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperious
- "fine Southern cuisine" sounds a bit highfalutin for a barbecue shack
affected, grandiose, high-minded, la-di-da (also la-de-da), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, snippy
airy, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, high-toned, sententious
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
self-aggrandizing, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
cavalier, disdainful, haughty, lordly, snobbish, snobby, stuck-up, supercilious, superior
confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure
aggressive, assertive, audacious, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, forward, impudent, insolent, rude
flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, showy, splashy
demure, down-to-earth, homely, humble, lowly, meek, retiring, unassertive, unassuming
bashful, diffident, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, shy, timid
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