'Lofty' definitions:
Definition of 'lofty'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high- flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" [syn: exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]
adjective
Of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs" [syn: eminent, lofty, soaring, towering]
adjective
Definition of 'Lofty'
From: GCIDE
- Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.] [From Loft.]
- 1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. [1913 Webster]
- See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. [1913 Webster]
- The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. --Milton.
- Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lofty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerial,
- affected,
- aggrandized,
- airy,
- altitudinous,
- ambitious,
- analytic,
- analytical,
- apotheosized,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- ascending,
- aspiring,
- august,
- awesome,
- beatified,
- bedizened,
- benevolent,
- big,
- big-sounding,
- bighearted,
- blue-blooded,
- brand,
- candid,
- canonized,
- cavalier,
- celebrated,
- chivalrous,
- classy,
- clear,
- cogent,
- colossal,
- compelling,
- condescending,
- consequent,
- considerate,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- convincing,
- convoluted,
- declamatory,
- deified,
- detached,
- dignified,
- discriminating,
- disdainful,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- distinguished,
- dominating,
- domineering,
- elevated,
- eloquent,
- eminent,
- ennobled,
- enshrined,
- enthroned,
- erect,
- ethereal,
- euphuistic,
- exalted,
- excellent,
- famous,
- fancy,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- flossy,
- fulsome,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- generous,
- glorified,
- glorious,
- godlike,
- Gongoresque,
- grand,
- grandiloquent,
- grandiose,
- grandisonant,
- grave,
- great,
- great of heart,
- greathearted,
- handsome,
- haughty,
- held in awe,
- heroic,
- high,
- high and mighty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-faluting,
- high-flowing,
- high-flown,
- high-flying,
- high-headed,
- high-minded,
- high-nosed,
- high-pitched,
- high-reaching,
- high-set,
- high-sounding,
- high-toned,
- high-up,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- hoity-toity,
- honorable,
- honored,
- idealistic,
- illustrious,
- immortal,
- immortalized,
- impartial,
- imperial,
- impersonal,
- imposing,
- inkhorn,
- insolent,
- inspiring,
- intelligent,
- Johnsonian,
- knightly,
- labyrinthine,
- largehearted,
- lauded,
- leading,
- lexiphanic,
- liberal,
- lifted,
- logical,
- logo,
- logotype,
- lucid,
- lurid,
- magisterial,
- magnanimous,
- magnificent,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- majestic,
- meretricious,
- mighty,
- monumental,
- mounting,
- moving,
- neutral,
- noble,
- noble-minded,
- notable,
- Olympian,
- on stilts,
- openhanded,
- orotund,
- ostentatious,
- outtopping,
- overbearing,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overinvolved,
- overlooking,
- overtopping,
- overweening,
- overwrought,
- patronizing,
- pedantic,
- perspicuous,
- pompous,
- pretentious,
- princely,
- prominent,
- proud,
- purse-proud,
- raised,
- rampant,
- ratiocinative,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- regal,
- renowned,
- respected,
- rhetorical,
- sainted,
- sanctified,
- scornful,
- selfless,
- sensational,
- sensationalistic,
- sensible,
- sententious,
- serious,
- showy,
- shrined,
- skyscraping,
- snobbish,
- snooty,
- snotty,
- soaring,
- solemn,
- sonorous,
- sound,
- spiring,
- stately,
- steep,
- stilted,
- stuck-up,
- sublime,
- subtle,
- superb,
- supercilious,
- supereminent,
- superior,
- superlative,
- supernal,
- tall,
- telling,
- thoroughbred,
- throned,
- tony,
- topless,
- toplofty,
- topping,
- tortuous,
- towering,
- towery,
- trademark,
- unbiased,
- uninfluenced,
- unselfish,
- unswayed,
- upcast,
- upflung,
- uplifted,
- uppish,
- uppity,
- upraised,
- upreared,
- upright,
- upstage,
- upthrown,
- utopian,
- vainglorious,
- valid,
- vaunting,
- venerable,
- visionary,
- weighty