Definitions for high-flown

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Spelling: [hahy-flohn]
IPA: /ˈhaɪˈfloʊn/

High-Flown is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in high-flown (-fghhilnow).

Definitions for high-flown

adjective

  1. extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
  2. pretentiously lofty; bombastic:

Origin of high-flown

First recorded in 1640-50

Examples for high-flown

Lady Lufton, with all her high-flown ideas, was not an imprudent woman.

Best line: “No amount of straining for high-flown uplift can disguise the fact that The Goldfinch is a turkey.”

For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high-flown speculations.

The papyri of this period are full of the high-flown titles and affected phraseology which was so beloved of Byzantine scribes.

He is discoursing in a high-flown vein, which may be compared to the 'dithyrambics of the Phaedrus.'

The guy was a state senator from Illinois, not exactly a high-flown position.

None on airth, Miss Purcel—do let me have the high-flown satisfaction.

He returned a high-flown phrase of thanks in a bitter, absent whisper.

Also, that whenever he killed a calf he made a high-flown speech over it.

These high-flown lectures and discussions have filled all their heads with nonsense.

Word Value for high-flown
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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