highfaluting
Pompously self-important
Highfaluting describes speech, behavior, or attitudes that are pretentious or pompous—putting on airs of importance or sophistication: He gave some highfaluting speech about civic duty.
The word itself is informal and often mocking, used to deflate what it describes.
Also spelled highfalutin.
Falsely grand or important
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
self-important · conceited · arrogant · condescending · patronizing · hoity-toity · snooty · uppity
Pretentiously impressive in scale
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pontificalDogmatically self-important
overblown · inflated · lofty · exalted · elevated · flowery · ornate · florid
Artificially contrived behavior
- artificialMade, not natural
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- manneredArtificially formal in style
stilted · put-on · feigned · insincere · pretentious · showy · ostentatious · flamboyant
pretentious
Falsely grand or important
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
supercilious · self-important · conceited · arrogant · condescending · patronizing · hoity-toity · snooty · uppity · elitist
grandiose
Pretentiously impressive in scale
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
pontifical · overblown · inflated · lofty · exalted · elevated · flowery · ornate · florid · extravagant
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- artificialMade, not natural
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
mannered · stilted · put-on · feigned · insincere · pretentious · showy · ostentatious · flamboyant · flashy
highfalutingunpretentious
Lacking false superiority
humble · modest · down-to-earth · unassuming · plain
highfalutingplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
straightforward · direct · simple · unadorned · no-nonsense
highfalutingcommon
Widespread and unremarkable
ordinary · lowbrow · working-class · salt-of-the-earth · earthy