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Adjective: highfalutin  `hI-fu'loo-t(u)n
  1. Affectedly genteel
    "It might be a bit of an arty lifestyle, but it's not a highfalutin, fashion life"
    - grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, lah-di-dah

See also: pretentious

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higher criticism
higher education
higher law
Higher National Diploma
higher rank
higher status
higher up
higher-ranking
higher-up
highest common factor
highfalutin
highfaluting
high-fidelity
high-five
highflier
high-flown
highflyer
highflying
high-grade
high-handed
high-handedly