adj.

1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted: high-flown ideas about the history of Christianity.
2. Highly pretentious or inflated: high-flown rhetoric.

adjective

1. Exceedingly dignified in form, tone, or style: elevated, eloquent, exalted, grand, high, lofty. See high/low, style/good style/bad style.
2. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (informal) pretentious
  Synonyms: high-flying, high-sounding, inflated

Meaning #2: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
  Synonyms: exalted, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - højtflyvende

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoogdravend, pretentieus, opgeblazen

Français (French)
adj. - grandiloquent, pompeux, ampoulé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschwollen, hochfliegend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (για γλώσσα) πομπώδης

Italiano (Italian)
altisonante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - extravagante

Русский (Russian)
возвышенный, высокопарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - altisonante, rimbombante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - högtravande, patetisk, överspänd

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
颇有野心的, 夸张的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 頗有野心的, 誇張的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 공상적인, 야심적인, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大げさな, 誇大な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رفيع, طنان, مدع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מליצי, מנופח‬

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