Skip to content

highfalutin

/ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn/

អួតអាង

  1. adjective អួតអាង, ពើងទ្រូង, ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ហួសហេតុ
    trying to seem more important, grand, or educated than is necessary
    ដែលប្រើសម្តីឬអាកប្បកិរិយាខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ហួសហេតុដើម្បីធ្វើឱ្យគេចាប់អារម្មណ៍
    He gave a highfalutin speech full of words nobody understood.
    គាត់បានថ្លែងសុន្ទរកថាបែបអួតអាងពោរពេញដោយពាក្យដែលគ្មាននរណាយល់។

Synonyms: pretentious, pompous, grandiloquent, lofty, arrogant

Antonyms: modest, simple, unpretentious, humble

Look up another word in the English–Khmer Dictionary

More words

femaleness filiation fossilization gavotte giddily glassmaking glenoid glower grafter halite heddle hierarchal holograph hoster hydrosphere icecap imine immunologically indeedy industriousness interiority intradermal irrigable jarringly

Source: ToolOrca English–Khmer dictionary.