high-flown
Meanings
- pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);
- "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"
- "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
- of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style;
- "an exalted ideal"
- "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
- "a noble and lofty concept"
- "a grand purpose"