LOFTY


Meaning of LOFTY in English

adj. Function: 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 FF1C; a lofty monument to human aspiration FF1E;

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

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

Contrasted Words: humble, low, modest

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