highfalutin (Meaning)

Wordnet

highfalutin (s)

affectedly genteel

The professor's speech was so highfalutin that his students struggled to understand it.
The politician's highfalutin promises failed to convince the electorate.
The critic's review was full of highfalutin language that obscured the merits of the work.
The artist's highfalutin concept for the sculpture was impractical and expensive.
The writer used highfalutin words to mask the lack of substance in his writing.
The executive's highfalutin proposal was met with skepticism and resistance from the team.
The reviewer accused the band of composing highfalutin music that lacked authenticity.
The politician's highfalutin rhetoric alienated potential voters.
The scientist's highfalutin explanation left his colleagues unimpressed.
The highfalutin decor of the mansion was at odds with its humble surroundings.

affectedly genteel

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

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

The professor's speech was so highfalutin that his students struggled to understand it.

The politician's highfalutin promises failed to convince the electorate.

The critic's review was full of highfalutin language that obscured the merits of the work.

The artist's highfalutin concept for the sculpture was impractical and expensive.