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high-flown

[ hahy-flohn ]
/ ˈhaɪˈfloʊn /
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adjective

extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
pretentiously lofty; bombastic: We couldn't endure his high-flown oratory.

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bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, grandiose, inflated, showy, turgid

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Origin of high-flown

First recorded in 1640–50
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British Dictionary definitions for high-flown

high-flown

adjective

extravagant or pretentious in conception or intentionhigh-flown ideas
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012