| 单词 | high flown |
| 释义 | (adjective) Definition extravagant or pretentious Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. Synonyms extravagant I was extravagant in my admiration of them. elaborate a designer known for his elaborate costumes pretentious He talked a lot of pretentious twaddle about modern art. exaggerated Be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what these products can do. inflated Some of the most inflated prose is held up for ridicule. lofty grandiose Not one of his grandiose plans has ever come to anything. overblown The book contains a heavy dose of overblown lyrical description. florid high-falutin (informal) arty-farty (informal) magniloquent He waxed magniloquent on the cultivation of turnips. Opposites simple , straightforward , restrained , practical , reasonable , moderate, sensible , modest , realistic , pragmatic , down-to-earth , unpretentious Additional synonymsin the sense of elaborate Definition having a very complicated design a designer known for his elaborate costumes Synonyms ornate, detailed, involved, complex, fancy, complicated, decorated, extravagant, intricate, baroque, ornamented, fussy, embellished, showy, ostentatious, floridin the sense of exaggerated Be sceptical of exaggerated claims for what these products can do. Synonyms overstated, extreme, excessive, over the top (informal), inflated, extravagant, overdone, tall (informal), amplified, hyped, pretentious, exalted (informal), overestimated, overblown, fulsome, hyperbolic, highly coloured, O.T.T. (slang) in the sense of grandiose Definition impressive, or meant to impress Not one of his grandiose plans has ever come to anything. Synonyms pretentious, ambitious, extravagant, flamboyant, high-flown, pompous, showy, ostentatious, bombasticNearby words of |
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