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In some senses, highbrow is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
highbrow
adj 1noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
other, pernicious
VERB + HIGHBROW
bit, stretched
HIGHBROW + NOUN
entertainment, jun, radicals, world
PREP.
from, without
Definitions
adj
1
Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.
highbrow entertainment
“He's so darn afraid you'll be offended if he smokes. You scare him. Every time he speaks of the weather you jump him because he ain't talking about poetry or Gertie—Goethe?—or some other highbrow junk. You've got him so leery he scarcely dares to come here.”
noun
1
A cultured or learned person or thing.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — highly cultured or educated
- highbrowed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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highbrow entertainment
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“He's so darn afraid you'll be offended if he smokes. You scare him. Every time he speaks of the weather you jump him because he ain't talking about poetry or Gertie—Goethe?—or some other highbrow jun
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They tend to regard the socialist intellectuals as nothing more than a pernicious bunch of highbrow radicals without appreciating their influence […]
Wiktionary04
Phil would never take part in an activity as highbrow as going to the opera.
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That's a bit too highbrow for my taste.
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Sills' stardom stretched from the highbrow world of the Metropolitan Opera to the playful world of the Muppets on television.
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