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variants:
also hifalutin
Synonyms & Antonyms of highfalutin
1
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
Synonyms for highfalutin
- aureate,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- high-flown,
- high-sounding,
- magnific,
- ornate,
- purple,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric)
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2
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"
Synonyms for highfalutin
- 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
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- 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
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest
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3
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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4
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
- "fine Southern cuisine" sounds a bit highfalutin for a barbecue shack
Synonyms for highfalutin
- affected,
- grandiose,
- 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
Words Related to highfalutin
- 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
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The first known use of highfalutin was in 1839
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