adjective
- Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals. )
- usage: "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
- Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style.
- usage: "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
- synonyms: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
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