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High-flown
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1. high-flown, high-sounding, inflated
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
Example Sentences:'high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school''a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution'
2. elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
Example Sentences:'an exalted ideal''argue in terms of high-flown ideals''a noble and lofty concept''a grand purpose'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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