LOFTY


Meaning of LOFTY in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: proud 1, arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, superior

2.

Synonyms: ambitious 2, grandiose, pretentious, utopian, visionary

3.

Synonyms: grand 3, elevated, exalted, sublime, superb

4.

Synonyms: generous 1, benevolent, big, chivalrous, considerate, greathearted, magnanimous

5.

Synonyms: elevated 4, eloquent, high

6.

extending or rising high in the air so as to have great or imposing height

a lofty monument to human aspiration

Synonyms: aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery; compare high 1

Related Word: elevated, lifted, raised; aggrandized, exalted, magnified; august, imposing, majestic, stately

Contrasted words: humble, low, modest

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