Usually means: Pretentious, pompous, or extravagant behavior.
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  7. highfaluting: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of highfalutin [(US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.]

Similar:
highfalutin, hifalutin, pretentious, hoity-toity, grandiose, la-di-da, highflying, highminded, altisonous, hity-tity, more...

Opposite:
unpretentious, humble, modest, down-to-earth

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Similar:
highfalutin, hifalutin, pretentious, hoity-toity, grandiose, la-di-da, highflying, highminded, altisonous, hity-tity, more...

Opposite:
unpretentious, humble, modest, down-to-earth



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