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falutin

/fəˈluːtɪn/

អួតអាង

  1. adjective អួតអាង, ខែងរ៉ែង, ក្អេងក្អាង
    pretentious, pompous, or excessively fancy (usually used in the phrase 'high-falutin')
    ដែលចូលចិត្តសម្ញែង ក្អេងក្អាង ឬប្រើពាក្យសម្ដីខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ហួសហេតុ (ច្រើនប្រើក្នុងឃ្លា high-falutin)
    He did not like all that high-falutin talk from the politicians.
    គាត់មិនចូលចិត្តពាក្យសម្ដីអួតអាងខ្ពស់ៗពីពួកអ្នកនយោបាយទេ។

Synonyms: pretentious, pompous, bombastic, grandiloquent

Antonyms: modest, unpretentious, down-to-earth

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Source: ToolOrca English–Khmer dictionary.