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high-flown
[ hahy-flohn ]
adjective
- extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- pretentiously lofty; bombastic:
We couldn't endure his high-flown oratory.
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high-flown
adjective
- extravagant or pretentious in conception or intention
high-flown ideas
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of high-flown1
Example Sentences
When Dolores finally learns Vera has bequeathed her the entire estate, instead of expressing wistful gratitude, she breaks into a rage: “B***h! That malicious, high-flown, harping b***h.”
Cinema purists have a tendency to speak of the theatrical experience in such high-flown spiritual terms.
The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness.
That kind of high-flown ambition, applied not just to revitalizing military defense but to succoring refugees, Stamp said, would “confront Vladimir Putin with something he doesn’t know: humanity.”
Just before it began, he sent a high-flown letter to The Times, which had once pontificated that “the hanging of a few of the desperados engaged in this business would have a salutary effect.”
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