high–flown

adjective \ˈhī-ˈflōn\

: using fancy words that are meant to sound important and impressive

Full Definition of HIGH-FLOWN

: exceedingly or excessively high or favorable

: having an excessively embellished or inflated character : pretentious <high–flown language>

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Synonyms: aureate, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

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