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View synonyms for highfalutin

highfalutin

or high·fa·lu·tin', hi·fa·lu·tin, hi·fa·lu·tin'

[ hahy-fuh-loot-n ]

adjective

, Informal.
  1. seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious.


highfalutin

/ ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn /

adjective

  1. informal.
    pompous or pretentious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of highfalutin1

First recorded in 1830–40; high + falutin (perhaps originally flutin, variant of fluting, present participle of flute )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of highfalutin1

C19: from high + -falutin, perhaps variant of fluting, from flute
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Example Sentences

Because God, I don’t want to get highfalutin in any way, but we’re in trouble right now in our culture.

Newsom, for all his highfalutin rhetoric about championing all Californians, just can’t quit the gentry and the insiders who have made his career.

For all the Republicans’ highfalutin posturing about respect for Congress, you know their real reason for demanding the recording: They figure the audio must include parts they can exploit to embarrass Biden.

The newest entrant into this juxtaposition extravaganza is soft serve, often linked to summer memories, sticky finger and ice cream cones, and fine dining — sometimes dismissed as highfalutin, nose-in-the-air or stuffy.

From Salon

Sintara accuses Monk of snobbery, saying that his highfalutin notion of Blackness excludes other Black experiences because he is too ashamed to recognize them.

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