Another word for highfalutin

Characterized by an exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance

• grandiose

  1. Having grandeur or magnificence; imposing; impressive
  2. Seeming or trying to seem very important; pompous and showy
  3. Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous:

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  1. Having grandeur or magnificence; imposing; impressive
  2. Seeming or trying to seem very important; pompous and showy
  3. Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous:

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• hoity-toity

  1. Given to frivolity or silliness.
  2. Haughty; arrogant; condescending
  3. Pompous, self-important and snobbish.

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  1. Given to frivolity or silliness.
  2. Haughty; arrogant; condescending
  3. Pompous, self-important and snobbish.

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• pompous

  1. (Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:
  2. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
  3. Characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self-important

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  1. (Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:
  2. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
  3. Characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self-important

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• pretentious

  1. Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority:
  2. Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
  3. Making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence

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  1. Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority:
  2. Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
  3. Making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence

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• puffed-up

  1. To be proud
  2. Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.

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  1. To be proud
  2. Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.

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• puffy

  1. Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated
  2. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner
  3. Puffed up; swollen; inflated

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  1. Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated
  2. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner
  3. Puffed up; swollen; inflated

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• self-important

  1. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
  2. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious

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  1. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
  2. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious

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