hifalutin
Overly self-important
Hifalutin means pompous, pretentious, or self-importantly grand—usually describing speech or behavior that puts on airs: He gave some hifalutin speech about civic duty.
The word itself is informal and often mocking, used to deflate the very pretension it names.
Also spelled highfalutin.
Artificially contrived behavior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
self-important · conceited · arrogant · vainglorious · stuck-up · uppity · hoity-toity · la-di-da
Showily excessive
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
garish · splashy · glitzy · swanky · theatrical · loud · over-the-top · ornate
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
- high-soundingPretentiously elevated in style
- turgidSwollen or pompous
declamatory · oratorical · rhetorical · sonorous · overblown · inflated · verbose · florid
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
supercilious · self-important · conceited · arrogant · vainglorious · stuck-up · uppity · hoity-toity · la-di-da · snooty
ostentatious
Showily excessive
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
gaudy · garish · splashy · glitzy · swanky · theatrical · loud · over-the-top · ornate · elaborate
grandiloquent
Pretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
- high-soundingPretentiously elevated in style
turgid · declamatory · oratorical · rhetorical · sonorous · overblown · inflated · verbose · florid · effusive
hifalutinunpretentious
Lacking false superiority
humble · down-to-earth · modest · self-deprecating · unassuming
hifalutinplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
unpretentious · folksy · homespun · earthy · salt-of-the-earth