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In some senses, highfalutin is marked as informal, archaic, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
highfalutin
/ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/
adj 1noun 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
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VERB + HIGHFALUTIN
time, write
HIGHFALUTIN + NOUN
developer
Definitions
adj
1
Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
noun
1
Pompous speech or writing.
Don't write so much highfalutin next time.
"We will, we will," shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: "This is all very well, all this high falutin'."
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — affectedly genteel
- grandiose
- hifalutin
- highfaluting
- hoity-toity
- la-di-da
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
Wiktionary02
That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
Wiktionary03
His speech was very highfalutin.
Wiktionary04
Don't write so much highfalutin next time.
Wiktionary05
"We will, we will," shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: "This is all very well, all this high falutin'."
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