Found 2 hits - Term: high-flown, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
high-flown \high"-flown`\, a.
1. elevated; proud. "high-flown hopes." --denham.
1913 webster
2. turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
language. --m. arnold.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
high-flown
adj 1: 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" syn: high-sounding, inflated
2: 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" syn:
exalted, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified,
idealistic, noble-minded
see also:
high-sounding inflated exalted high-minded lofty rarefied
rarified idealistic noble-minded
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