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high-flown
adjective as in exalted, lofty
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Best line: “No amount of straining for high-flown uplift can disguise the fact that The Goldfinch is a turkey.”
The guy was a state senator from Illinois, not exactly a high-flown position.
Something between an earthly Queen and a divine Egeria; "Serena" he calls her; and, in his high-flown fashion, is very laudatory.
Toland's admiration, deducting the high-flown temper and manner of the man, is sincere and great.
But they are lost among long and high-flown speeches, which Lear keeps incessantly uttering quite inappropriately.
History is too often written in a high-flown manner that renders it wearisome and false.
This is no high-flown sentimentality, but a simple reflection, which I find useful to me every day.
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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to high-flown, such as: bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, and grandiose.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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