high-flown

Xem thêm: high-sounding, inflated, exalted, sublime, grand, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded



high-flown

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); high-sounding, inflated

    high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school

    a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution

  • of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; exalted, sublime, grand, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded

    an exalted ideal

    argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept

    a grand purpose


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: exalted grand high-minded high-sounding idealistic inflated lofty noble-minded rarefied rarified sublime