высокопа́рный — meaning in English

English meaning

• bombastic adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
• haughty adj Acting as if one is better than others; arrogantly proud and disdainful.
• stilted adj Standing or built on stilts, or on something similar.

Senses

высокопа́рный is used for these senses in English:

• bombastic (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
• haughty Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.
• stilted (figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.

bombastic — full definition

1. adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
2. adj Sounding grand and important while actually meaning very little.
3. adj Loud, forceful and exaggerated in style; over the top.
4. adj Puffed up or filled out more than it needs to be.

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