All hifalutin synonyms
hi·fa·lu·tin
H h adj hifalutin
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- cocky — Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- arrogant — Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- conceited — If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
- know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
- puffed-up — feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous.
- smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
- snooty — snobbish.
- stuck-up — snobbishly conceited.
- swanky — elegant or ostentatious; swank.
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- windbag — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
- crowing — the sound made by a cock, particularly in the early morning
- hot stuff — a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
- loudmouth — a loudmouthed person.
- self-aggrandizing — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
- applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
- strutting — walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous.
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- swollen-headed — conceited
- vaunting — having a boastfully proud disposition: a vaunting dictator.
adjective hifalutin
- affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- la-di-da — affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.
- exultant — Triumphantly happy.
- egotistic — Egotistical.
- egotistical — Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centered.
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.