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highbrowed
high·brow H0192000 (hī′brou′)adj. also high·browed (-broud′) Of, relating to, or being highly cultured or intellectual: They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.n. One who possesses or affects a high degree of culture or learning.
high′brow′ism n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | highbrowed - highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"highbrowcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechintellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" |
highbrowed
highbrowedOf or pertaining to heightened intellectualism or superior learning or culture; especially erudite or sophisticated; appealing or suited to highbrows. The film is by no means highbrowed, but it has an intelligent enough story and some compelling characters. After two degrees in literature, Stanley insists on reading only highbrowed books.See also: highbrowhighbrowed
Synonyms for highbrowedadj highly cultured or educatedSynonymsRelated Words- colloquialism
- intellectual
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