Definition of high-flown High-flown
We found 6 definitions of high-flown from 3 different sources.
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What does high-flown mean?
WordNet
Adjectivehigh-flown, high-flowner, high-flownest |
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| high-flown - pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" | ||
| high-sounding, inflated | ||
| pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | ||
| high-flown - of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" | ||
| exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded | ||
| noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- high-flown (Adjective)
Pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative. - high-flown (Adjective)
lofty, extravagant, refined.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- high-flown (a.)
Elevated; proud. - high-flown (a.)
Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
