highfalutin in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for highfalutin in the English»Italian Dictionary

highfalutin [Brit ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪn, Am ˌhaɪfəˈlutn], highfaluting [ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪŋ] ADJ inf

highfalutin language, speech

ampolloso

highfalutin ways, ideas

pretenzioso

Translations for highfalutin in the Italian»English Dictionary

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pretenzioso idee, modi

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highfalutin in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for highfalutin in the English»Italian Dictionary

highfalutin [ˌhaɪ·fə·ˈlu:·tɪn] ADJ inf

highfalutin

presuntuoso, -a

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English

When you're a highfalutin fashion figure who dresses in head-to-toe designer, however, one would assume such a situation wouldn't be an issue.

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But what pushes this laboured effort into the territory of the absurd is its highfalutin prose.

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Implicitly, the suggestion was that highfalutin talk of multi-tasking, wi-fi hotspot-creating, music-buying, map-replacing phones was leaving the mass market behind.

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The demons and the highfalutin, "dark house" setting are secondary.

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I not expect them to know the difference between a monologue and a soliloquy, or highfalutin and hyperbole.

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The pitch was for a light-hearted event without the highfalutin language generally associated with wine.

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This is highfalutin foodie fare, yet not in the fussy school of sculpt that radish or moussify that scallop.

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To that end, the book's design winks constantly at the highfalutin subject it's supposed to be covering.

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If you try to defend old-school thinking, you can't rely on highfalutin concepts like evidence and performance.

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We also dipped our toes into the highfalutin world of luxury appliances, as we reviewed a premium dishwasher and double wall oven.

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