Highfaluting
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adjective.
Alternative form of
highfalutin
.
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adjective.
affectedly genteel
Word Usage
"I like to think I'm engaged in a bit of civil disobedience, but that's an awfully highfaluting title for a simple act of citizen outrage."
Equivalent
pretentious
suggests
highfalutin