highfaluting
/hahy-fuh-loot-n/US // ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n //UK // (ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn) //
高富帅,高富贵,高富强,高调的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Informal.
- : seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
After dinner her father pleaded for a music-hall as against what he called "some highfaluting, teacup English play."
In point of style it is a curious jumble of American sense and Southern highfaluting.
Lots of girls would have fibbed, and said they'd fainted, or something highfaluting of that nature.
Well, you're a nice one with your history to put on these highfaluting, righteous airs, aren't you?
His language in those telegrams and letters was highfaluting and bombastic.
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