dili tumturaklı

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Definition von dili tumturaklı im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

highfalutin

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.

{s} pompous, full of self-importance

disapproval People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people. This isn't highfalutin art-about-art. It's marvellous and adventurous stuff. = pretentious. highfalutin language or behaviour seems silly although it is intended to be impressive - used to show disapproval (high + falutin, perhaps from fluting )

affectedly genteel

Self-important; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard

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