How do you pronounce high-flown?

high-flown is pronounced as /ˌhaɪ ˈfloʊn/.

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high-flown

🗣️high-flown (haï flon)

adjective

/ˌhaɪ ˈfloʊn/

grandiloquent (grandiloquent)

high high-profile

Signification

Using fancy or pretentious language; lofty in style but often overblown.

Traduction de la signification

Utiliser un langage prétentieux ou exagéré; élevé dans le style mais souvent trop flou.

Phrases d'exemple

The politician gave a high-flown speech full of promises.

Le politicien a donné un discours grandiloquent plein de promesses.

Synonymes

pretentious, pompous, grandiose, lofty

Antonymes

simple, modest, plain

Collocations

high-flown language, high-flown speech, high-flown rhetoric

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