high-minded

3 definitions found

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

  High-minded \High"-mind"ed\, a.
     1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
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              Be not high-minded, but fear.         --Rom. xi. 20.
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     2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or
        pertaining to elevated principles and feelings;
        magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
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              High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A.
                                                    Norton.
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high-minded - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  high-minded
      adj 1: 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]

high-minded - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "high-minded":
     Christian, big, bighearted, blameless, chivalrous, clean,
     creditable, decent, elevated, erect, estimable, ethical, exalted,
     fair, full of integrity, generous, good, great, great of heart,
     greathearted, handsome, heroic, high, high-flown, high-headed,
     high-nosed, high-principled, high-toned, highfalutin, highfaluting,
     highly respectable, honest, honorable, idealistic, immaculate,
     inviolate, irreproachable, just, knightly, largehearted,
     law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, liberal, lofty, magnanimous,
     manly, moral, noble, noble-minded, openhanded, princely,
     principled, pure, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded,
     righteous, spotless, stainless, sterling, sublime, true-dealing,
     true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited,
     truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled,
     unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished,
     upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly