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high-falutin

high-falutin is the alternative form of highfalutin.

Meaning of highfalutin

Adjective

highfalutin (comparative more highfalutin, superlative most highfalutin)

  1. (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
    • It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.

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Forms of high-falutin

comparativemore high-falutin
superlativemost high-falutin

Questions about high-falutin

What is high-falutin the alternative form of?
High-falutin is the alternative form of highfalutin.

Words near high-falutin in the dictionary

  1. high-end
  2. high-endness
  3. high-energy
  4. high-entropy alloy
  5. high-entropy alloys
  6. high-falutin
  7. high-falutin'
  8. high-faluting
  9. high-fat
  10. high-fed
  11. high-fiber

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