HIGH-FLOWN Meaning of HIGH-FLOWN in English a. 1.Elevated, presumptuous, swollen, proud, lofty.2.Extravagant, lofty, high-colored, over-drawn, overstrained.3.Turgid, swollen, bombastic, pretentious, pompous, strained. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012