Definition of High-flown

1. Adjective. Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals). "A high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"

Exact synonyms: High-sounding, Inflated
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Pretentious

2. Adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style. "A grand purpose"

Definition of High-flown

1. Adjective. pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative ¹

2. Adjective. lofty, extravagant, refined ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of High-flown

high-definition television
high-definition televisions
high-density lipoprotein
high-density lipoproteins
high-end
high-energy
high-energy physics
high-energy shock waves
high-fat diet
high-fibre diet
high-fidelity
high-five
high-flier
high-flown (current term)
high-flyer
high-frequency
high-frequency gravitational wave
high-frequency gravitational waves
high-frequency jet ventilation
high-frequency ventilation
high-fructose corn syrup
high-fructose corn syrups
high-fructose maize syrup
high-go
high-grade
high-handed
high-handedly
high-hanging fruit

Literary usage of High-flown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"Fawcett's sermons are high-flown, but not «lev IR! of matter ; they are written for effect, AHI! may be read with interest, notwithstanding their ..."

2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"His acter, his dress designed to attract atten- language is that of an unliterary beginner, tion, and his opinions cut after the pattern either high-flown ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the high-flown language that we meet witli in Sidney's Arcadia. The Mundus Alter el Idem of Hall (afterwards bishop of Norwich) is a satirical romance, ..."

4. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"high-flown is a compound of the English high and flown; high, ... high-flown, in most common usage, is applied to the various terms of language as employed ..."

5. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"... then—when shorn of its redundancy and high-flown emptiness—it will read some- what like this : " The laws thus far presented justify the general ..."

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