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词汇 highfalutin
释义 highfalutin
adjective
 informal(alsohifalutin)uk /ˌhaɪ.fəˈluː.tɪn/ us /ˌhaɪ.fəˈluː.t̬ɪn/
trying to seem very important or serious, but without having a good reason for doing so and looking silly as a result浮夸的;装模作样的
Synonyms
hoity-toityinformaldisapproving
la-di-daold-fashionedinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Showing arrogance and conceit
(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom

highfalutin | American Dictionary


highfalutin
adjective
 infml(alsohifalutin)us/ˌhɑɪ·fəˈlu·tən/
trying to seem very important or serious without having a good reason for doing so; pretentious:
highfalutin language

Examples of highfalutin


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All the fine highfalutin phrases about how to deal with inflation—we can all say a great deal about that subject.
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We use all kinds of moral and highfalutin language about them, and we send them to prison.
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I know that this sounds highfalutin, perhaps ridiculous, to some, and so completely idealistic as to be impossible of any practical outcome.
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I do not like to talk highfalutin stuff but it does seem to me to be an important point.
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There is nothing very special, highfalutin or sinister about the way in which this is done.
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Surely the real object is not so highfalutin, but infinitely more practicable.
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We should not be too highfalutin about what constitutes development.
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They must not be disdainful of practical suggestions, which are more likely to do good to the country than some of the highfalutin discussions that we sometimes have.
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