highfaluting in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for highfaluting in the English»French Dictionary

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

highfalutin language, speech

ampoulé

highfalutin ways, ideas

prétentieux/-ieuse

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If that sounds too highfalutin, let me put it another way.

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It began with very highfalutin intellectual and cultural ambitions, without much of a popular touch.

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He makes no bones about being driven by money, rather than any highfalutin notions of culture or art.

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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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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 such a method does help it spread more efficiently around the rainforest -- and maybe put those highfalutin skydiving ants in their place for once.

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I don't often touch on highfalutin subject matter like philosophy, but today it seems appropriate.

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

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

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