high-flown in English

adjective

1

(especially of language or ideas) extravagant and lofty.

The language they used was high-flown - some would say overblown.

synonyms: grand, extravagant, elaborate, flowery, lofty, ornate, overblown, overdone, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, orotund, inflated, high-sounding, affected, pretentious, bombastic, pompous, turgid, windy, purple, highfalutin, la-di-da

adjective

grand, extravagant, elaborate, flowery, lofty, ornate, overblown, overdone, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, orotund, inflated, high-sounding, affected, pretentious, bombastic, pompous, turgid, windy, purple, highfalutin, la-di-da
high-minded, rarefied, noble-minded, elevated, grand, lofty, sublime, exalted, idealistic
high-sounding, inflated

Use "high-flown" in a sentence

1. Arty (comparative artier, superlative artiest) Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown

2. Discounting high-flown Bumph, what happened was that a group of powerful and intelligent people recognised a unique situation, raised some cash, and created The Emergency Rescue Committee

3. Bombast, rhapsody, rant, fustian, rodomontade all designate a style of speech or writing characterized by high flown pomposity or pretentiousness of language disproportionate to the thought or subject matter

4. 24 Throughout two years of high-flown speechifying he promised to clean the Augean stables of Washington, close the revolving door between power and money and raise ethical standards.

5. Giuseppe Ricciotti suggests that “[Apollos’] colorful language and his high-flown allegories had won him the admiration of many who preferred him to Paul, an unpretentious and unrefined orator.”

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