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What is "highfalutin" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does highfalutin mean in English? Meaning of highfalutin definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "highfalutin" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "highfalutin": affectedly genteel

Adjective

  • Meaning: affectedly genteel
  • Synonyms: grandiose hifalutin highfalutin highfaluting hoity-toity la-di-da
  • Similar: pretentious
  • Adjective: (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard. It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.

    • Synonyms:

    arrogant, boastful, conceited, flaunting, grandiose, high and mighty, important, lofty, ostentatious, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, puffy, self-centered, stuck-up, swanky, uppity, vain, puffed up,

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