high-flown

2 definitions found

high-flown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  High-flown \High"-flown`\, a.
     1. Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." --Denham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
        language. --M. Arnold.
        [1913 Webster]

high-flown - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  high-flown
      adj 1: 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" [syn: high-flown, high-  sounding
             , inflated]
      2: 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]