Word: high-flown

Synonyms: high-flown

grand, extravagant, elaborate, flowery, lofty, ornate, overblown, overdone, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, orotund, inflated, high-sounding, affected, pretentious, bombastic, pompous, turgid, windy, purple, highfalutin, la-di-da, high-minded, rarefied, noble-minded, elevated, sublime, exalted, idealistic

Translations: high-flown

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spanish
Translations:
altisonante, altisonantes, de altos vuelos, rimbombante, de alto vuelo
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german
Translations:
verstiegen, hochtrab, hochtrabenden, hochfliegenden, hochtrabende
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french
Translations:
ampoulé, ampoulée, pompeux, ronflant, ampoulés
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italian
Translations:
pomposo, altisonante, altisonanti, aulico
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portuguese
Translations:
de elevada estatura, grandiloquentes, extravagante, elevada estatura, altissonante
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dutch
Translations:
hoogdravend, hoogdravende, hooggestemde, buitennissig, pretentieuze
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russian
Translations:
напыщенный, высокопарный, высокий, выспренний, громкие, высокопарно
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norwegian
Translations:
høystemt, svulstig
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swedish
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högtravande, högtflygande, patetiska, prunkande
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finnish
Translations:
mahtipontinen, mahtipontisen, liioitteleva
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danish
Translations:
højstemt, højtravende, højtragende, højstemte, højtflyvende
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czech
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výstřední
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polish
Translations:
górnolotny, wysokiego, wysokiej, wysoka, o wysokiej
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hungarian
Translations:
dagályos
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turkish
Translations:
tumturaklı, süslü, kendini beğenmiş, kibirli, şatafatlı
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greek
Translations:
πομπώδη, στομφώδης, εορταστικούς, μεγαλόσχημα
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ukrainian
Translations:
пишномовний, високопарний, пишномовна
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albanian
Translations:
elokuent, ekstravagant, bombastik
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bulgarian
Translations:
бомбастичен, екстравагантен
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belarusian
Translations:
Высакапарны
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estonian
Translations:
kõrge, suure, kõrgel
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croatian
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nadmen
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icelandic
Translations:
hár, hátt, há, mikil, nettenging
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lithuanian
Translations:
pompastiškas, išpūstas, Lielīgs, Sočiųjų
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latvian
Translations:
lielīgs
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macedonian
Translations:
бомбастичен
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romanian
Translations:
pompos, bombastic, alambicat, sforăitor, mândru
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slovenian
Translations:
visoko, visoke, visoki, z visoko
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slovak
Translations:
výstredný, výstredné, výstredná, výstrednou, výstrední

The meaning and "use of": high-flown

adjective
  • (especially of language or ideas) extravagant and lofty. - The language they used was high-flown - some would say overblown.
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