hifalutin

[hahy-fuh-loot-n] / ˌhaɪ fəˈlut n /

ADJECTIVE

highfalutin

Synonyms

WEAK

affected arrogant boastful conceited condescending flaunting grandiose high-and-mighty important la-di-da lofty mannered ostentatious overbearing presumptuous pretentious puffed-up puffy self-centered stuck-up swanky uppity vain

Example Sentences

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Those are all somewhere in the ballpark, but their hifalutin poli-sci flavor fails to capture the gooey, delicious nougat center of Trumpian power relations.

From Salon

“Sirens,” premiering Thursday on Netflix, is an odd sort of a series, an interesting mix of hifalutin ideas, family drama and what might be called dark farce.

From Los Angeles Times

My pals have had a running joke for years that my general culinary proclivities lean rather hifalutin, except for Mountain Dew, which could be considered a glaring anomaly.

From Salon

No, I mean realism in the hifalutin philosophical sense, which assumes that the world has an objective, physical existence, independent of us, that we can discover through science.

From Scientific American

It’s being written about in the sort of hifalutin publications that wouldn’t have smacked Huda Boss with a bargepole, and this has helped to announce Facebook Watch as a going concern.

From The Guardian