Dictionary

high-flown en · ADJ

Meanings

1. pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
   • Red River Settlement is, to use a high-flown expression, an oasis in the desert, and may be likened to a spot upon the moon or a solitary ship upon the ocean. In plain English, it is an isolated settlement on the borders of one of the vast prairies of North America. 1850, R.M. Ballantyne, Hudson Bay:
2. lofty, extravagant, refined
   • It seems to me he makes troubles, by expecting every one else to be as quixotic as himself. He is not likely to find high-flown notions among ordinary business men! 1905, Mrs George de Horne Vaizey, A Houseful of Girls:

Forms

Synonyms

high-minded (lofty) · bombastic (eloquent) · highfalutin

Translations (3)

bg бомбастичен (pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative) · bg екстравагантен (lofty, extravagant) · sv högtravande (pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative)