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Synonyms and Antonyms of highfalutin
1
full of fine words and fancy expressions
aureate, florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)
2
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
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
3
having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself
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
4
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
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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