high-minded
high-minded adjective: given to idealism.
Adjective
high-minded (comparative more high-minded, superlative most high-minded)
- Given to idealism.
- Walter was the ideal—generous, high-minded, clear in perception; but sensitive, even weak, in action; or, rather, too apt to imagine a world full of lofty aims and noble impulses, and then fancying that was the world in which he had to live.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Author and the Actress”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 106
- Refined, cultured, particularly civilized.
- After the pause for much more self-deprecating laughter and with everyone listening, Salmond rounded off his story on a high-minded note. The hospital near that village is also powered by the same hydro project, he told them.2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian
- Proud or arrogant.
- Magnanimous.
high-minded meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
high-minded in Hindi
- high-minded, aloof
- ऊँचा ū̃cā
high-minded in Urdu
- high-minded, aloof
- اونچا ū̃cā
high-minded in Malayalam
- principled, high-principled, honourable
- മഹാശയനായ, മഹാമനസ്കനായ, മഹാനുഭാവനായ, മഹനീയാദർശങ്ങളുള്ള, സ്വഭാവവെെശഷ്ട്യമുള്ള, ആദർശനിഷ്ഠനായ
high-minded in Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ಉದಾತ್ತ ಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ, ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆಯ, ಉದಾರ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ವ್ಯಾಪಕ ತಿಳಿವಳಿಕೆಯ
Forms of high-minded
| comparative | more high-minded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most high-minded |
Words formed from high-minded
Questions about high-minded
- What does high-minded mean?
- High-minded means given to idealism.
- What is high-minded in Hindi?
- High-minded in Hindi is ऊँचा (ū̃cā). See High-minded meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is high-minded?
- High-minded is an adjective.
Words near high-minded in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: high-minded (page history and authors); ऊँचा (Hindi) (page history and authors); اونچا (Urdu) (page history and authors); high-minded (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); high-minded (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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