high-flown

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high-flown Definition

• (s) pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
• (s) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"

high-flown Synonyms

• exalted
• high-flown
• high-minded
• high-sounding
• idealistic
• inflated
• lofty
• noble-minded
• rarefied
• rarified