high-toned
11high-toned — adjective Having a pretentious, high class attitude …
12high-toned — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [High pitched] Syn. raucous, sharp, piercing; see loud 1 , shrill . 2. [*Dignified] Syn. grand, noble, righteous, upper class; see cultured , dignified , refined 2 …
13high-toned — adjective seeming to be concerned with high moral principles …
14A High-Toned Old Christian Woman — is a poem in Wallace Stevens s first book of poetry, Harmonium (1923).Milton J. Bates interprets the poem as a shocking version of Santayana s argument in Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900) that poetry and religion are equally fictions …
15Toned — Toned, a. Having (such) a tone; chiefly used in composition; as, high toned; sweet toned. [1913 Webster] {Toned paper}, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white. [1913 Webster] …
16Toned paper — Toned Toned, a. Having (such) a tone; chiefly used in composition; as, high toned; sweet toned. [1913 Webster] {Toned paper}, paper having a slight tint, in distinction from paper which is quite white. [1913 Webster] …
17high-class — adjective pretentiously elegant a high toned restaurant • Syn: ↑high toned • Similar to: ↑elegant …
18high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …
19high — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, Gymnasium, Hydromatic, Latin school, Olympian, Realgymnasium, Realschule, a bit much, a high, abandoned, above, abovestairs, academy, accented, acme, acute, aerial, afflicted, aged, aggrandized, agog,… …
20high flown — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, absurd, affected, aggrandized, ambitious, amplified, arrogant, ballyhooed, bedizened, beyond belief, big, big sounding, bizarre, bombastic, classy, cockamamie, condescending, convoluted, crazy …
