highfalutin'

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Definition von highfalutin' im Englisch 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.
highfalutin: 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 )
highfalutin: {s} pompous, full of self-importance
highfalutin: affectedly genteel
highfalutin: Self-important; arrogant or egotistical; tending to show off or hold oneself in unduly high regard

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