Meanings
pompous, pretentious, highfalutin
derogatoryentitled; highfalutin; fancy; purple; pretentious; consequential; lofty; pompous; grandiloquent; magniloquent; bombastic; overblown; high-falutin; highfaluting; high-faluting; toplofty; grandiloquently
Dieses hochtrabende Gerede hätte er sich sparen können.
Examples
GermanEnglish
Er redet immer mit solchen hochtrabenden Worten.He always talks in such high-sounding terms.