high flown

English - Turkish

Definition of high flown in English Turkish dictionary: mağrur; uçtu yüksek; kendini beğenmiş; şatafatlı; süslü; kibirli; tumturaklı; kibirli; ağdalı; (dil) tumturaklı
highflown: tumturaklı mağrur
highflown: kibirli

English - English

Definition of high flown in English English dictionary: 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. — R.M. Ballantyne, Hudson Bay, 1850.; 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! — Mrs George de Horne Vaizey, A Houseful of Girls, 1905.
highflown: {a} elevated proud, affected, nice
high-flown: pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
high-flown: disapproval High-flown language is very grand, formal, or literary. high-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning
high-flown Hebrew: high-level Hebrew, sophisticated words in Hebrew, elegant Hebrew rhetoric
high-flown words: eloquent words
highflown: Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language
highflown: Elevated; proud

high flown

Turkish pronunciation

hay flōn

/ˈhī ˈflōn/ /ˈhaɪ ˈfloʊn/

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