hifalutin (Meaning)

Wordnet

hifalutin (s)

affectedly genteel

Webster

See Highfaluting.

The politician's hifalutin speech left the audience bewildered.
The author's prose was so hifalutin that it was nearly incomprehensible.
The professor's hifalutin lecture bored his students to tears.
The critic accused the poet of using hifalutin language to disguise a lack of substance.
The sermon was filled with hifalutin phrases that went over the heads of the congregation.
The lawyer's hifalutin closing argument failed to sway the jury.
The CEO's hifalutin business plan impressed investors, but it was later revealed to be full of empty promises.
The article was a masterpiece of hifalutin journalism, filled with flowery prose and inflated claims.
The doctor's hifalutin medical jargon confused the patient even more.
The musician's hifalutin composition was more about technical virtuosity than emotional expression.

affectedly genteelSee Highfaluting.

rhetorical,rhetoric, flowery, florid, purple, high-flown,ornate, grandiloquent, high-sounding, eloquent

simple,prosaic, prosaic, plain, matter-of-fact, matter-of-fact, direct, simple, direct, plain

The politician's hifalutin speech left the audience bewildered.

The author's prose was so hifalutin that it was nearly incomprehensible.

The professor's hifalutin lecture bored his students to tears.

The critic accused the poet of using hifalutin language to disguise a lack of substance.