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high-flown [a]
 
1)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"
    Synonyms :high-sounding inflated 
    See Also: pretentious  colloquialism 
 
2)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"
    Synonyms :exalted high-minded idealistic lofty noble-minded rarefied rarified 
    See Also: noble 
 




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