highfalutin

Meaning

Synonyms

hoity-toity
48k
grandiose
30k
highfaluting
hifalutin
grandiloquent
pretentious
C2
la-di-da
45k
pompous
C2
tawdry
32k
uppity
29k
vainglorious
big
A1
bullying
C2
cock-a-hoop
crowing
23k
expansive
45k
flaunty
haughty
28k
ostentatious
37k
overblown
49k
Translations

pomposo

şatafatlı

prunkvoll

πομπώδης

φανφάρα

grandiose
pompeux
ronflant
ampoulé
affettato
lezioso
pomposo
ricercato
amplificativo
arrogant
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
Etymology

Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times.

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