high-flown Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- lean
- bald
- stark
- plainspoken
- stark
- spare
- unaffected
- natural
- lean
- bald
- straightforward
- spare
- plainspoken
- unadorned
- unaffected
- unadorned
- straightforward
- unpoetic
- natural
- unpoetic
Weak:
Meaning of high-flown
high-flown (s)
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
high-flown (a.)
Elevated; proud.
Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
high-flown Sentence Examples
- The orator's high-flown rhetoric left the audience unmoved.
- The politician's high-flown promises failed to address the pressing issues.
- The novel's high-flown language obscured its true message.
- The playwright's high-flown dialogue seemed pretentious and artificial.
- The athlete's high-flown boasts proved to be unfounded.
- The singer's high-flown voice soared above the rest of the choir.
- The designer's high-flown gowns were impractical and over-the-top.
- The scientist's high-flown theories lacked empirical evidence.
- The lawyer's high-flown closing argument was more about style than substance.
- The actor's high-flown performance was met with critical acclaim.
FAQs About the word high-flown
pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals), of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or styleElevated; proud., Turgid; extravagan
rhetoric, rhetorical, florid, purple, high-sounding, grandiloquent, eloquent,ornate, hifalutin, flowery
simple, plain, direct, simple, matter-of-fact, matter-of-fact,prosaic, direct, plain, prosaic
The orator's high-flown rhetoric left the audience unmoved.
The politician's high-flown promises failed to address the pressing issues.
The novel's high-flown language obscured its true message.
The playwright's high-flown dialogue seemed pretentious and artificial.
