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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
High-flown \High"-flown`\, a.
1. Elevated; proud. ``High-flown hopes.'' --Denham.
2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
language. --M. Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
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]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
high-flown
a.
1 pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
2 lofty, extravagant, refined
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
high-flown
a.
1 pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
2 lofty, extravagant, refined
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
high-flown
a.
1 pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
2 lofty, extravagant, refined
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
high-flown
a.
1 pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
2 lofty, extravagant, refined
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
highflown
Englanti a.
korkealentoinen
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
high-flown /hˈaɪ flˈəʊn/
1. екстравагантен
lofty, extravagant
2. бомбастичен
pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
high-flown /hˈaɪflˈəʊn/
výstřední
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
high-flown /hˈaɪ flˈəʊn/
hochgestochen, geschwollen, schwülstig, geschwurbelt [ugs.] [pej.] [ling.]
Synonyms: turgid, bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent
see: magniloquent language
From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-nld ]
high‐flown /hˈaɪ flˈəʊn/
buitennissig, buitensporig, extravagant
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
high-flown /hˈaɪflˈəʊn/
extravagante
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
highflown /hˈaɪfləʊn/
1. tumturaklı (söz)
2. mağrur, kibirli.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
adj．夸张的，好高骛远的
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
high-flown
a. 颇具野心的,夸张的,夸大的
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