Highfaluting and Modest

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Highfaluting adjective - Affectedly genteel.

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Modest is an antonym for highfaluting in topics: flashy, arrogant, snobbish.

Modest adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Highfaluting is an antonym for modest.

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Modest and Highfaluting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/highfaluting/modest

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