high-flown (s)
high-sounding (s)
inflated (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
examples high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
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Domain of synset - USAGE colloquialism
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