Highfalutin
Highfalutin adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: her highfalutin relatives from New York made the snide remark that her little house “has that lived-in look”
Toplofty and highfalutin are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Toplofty" instead an adjective "Highfalutin".
Toplofty
Toplofty adjective - Having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude.
Usage example: those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term “popularizer” to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure
Highfalutin and toplofty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highfalutin" instead an adjective "Toplofty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- lofty and highfalutin
- lofty and toplofty
- overbearing and highfalutin
- overbearing and toplofty
- haughty and highfalutin
- haughty and toplofty
- snooty and highfalutin
- snooty and toplofty
- pretentious and highfalutin
- pretentious and toplofty
- bombastic and highfalutin
- bombastic and toplofty
- pompous and highfalutin
- pompous and toplofty
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