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See Lofty

English

Etymology

, noble, from loft, upstairs room, sky.

Pronunciation


Adjective

  1. high, tall, having great height or stature
  2. :a lofty bed
  3. idealistic, implying over-optimism
  4. :a lofty goal


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • German: hoch, luftig (almost exclusively in the form "in luftiger Höhe" [in lofty height])
  • Italian:
  • Korean: 높다 (nopda)
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|wysoki|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t|pt|magestoso|m}}
  • German:

Related terms


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.]
[From Loft.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
[1913 Webster]

See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.
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2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.
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Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.

Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
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WordNet lofty
adj 1: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or
style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of
high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty
concept" [syn: exalted, high-flown, high-minded,
rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded]
2: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
"an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: eminent, soaring,
towering]
3: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant
pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine
peaks" [syn: gallant, majestic, proud]
[also: loftiest, loftier]
Moby Dictionary
Gongoresque , Johnsonian , Olympian , aerial , affected , aggrandized ,
airy , altitudinous , ambitious , analytic , analytical , apotheosized ,
aristocratic , arrogant , ascending , aspiring , august , awesome ,
beatified , bedizened , benevolent , big , big-sounding , bighearted ,
blue-blooded , brand , candid , canonized , cavalier , celebrated ,
chivalrous , classy , clear , cogent , colossal , compelling ,
condescending , consequent , considerate , contemptuous , contumelious ,
convincing , convoluted , declamatory , deified , detached , dignified ,
discriminating , disdainful , disinterested , dispassionate ,
distinguished , dominating , domineering , elevated , eloquent ,
eminent , ennobled , enshrined , enthroned , erect , ethereal ,
euphuistic , exalted , excellent , famous , fancy , flamboyant , flaming ,
flashy , flaunting , flossy , fulsome , garish , gaudy , generous ,
glorified , glorious , godlike , grand , grandiloquent , grandiose ,
grandisonant , grave , great , great of heart , greathearted , handsome ,
haughty , held in awe , heroic , high , high and mighty ,
high-and-mighty , high-faluting , high-flowing , high-flown ,
high-flying , high-headed , high-minded , high-nosed , high-pitched ,
high-reaching , high-set , high-sounding , high-toned , high-up ,
highfalutin , highfaluting , hoity-toity , honorable , honored ,
idealistic , illustrious , immortal , immortalized , impartial ,
imperial , impersonal , imposing , inkhorn , insolent , inspiring ,
intelligent , knightly , labyrinthine , largehearted , lauded , leading ,
lexiphanic , liberal , lifted , logical , logo , logotype , lucid , lurid ,
magisterial , magnanimous , magnificent , magnified , magniloquent ,
majestic , meretricious , mighty , monumental , mounting , moving ,
neutral , noble , noble-minded , notable , on stilts , openhanded ,
orotund , ostentatious , outtopping , overbearing , overdone ,
overelaborate , overinvolved , overlooking , overtopping , overweening ,
overwrought , patronizing , pedantic , perspicuous , pompous ,
pretentious , princely , prominent , proud , purse-proud , raised ,
rampant , ratiocinative , rational , reasonable , regal , renowned ,
respected , rhetorical , sainted , sanctified , scornful , selfless ,
sensational , sensationalistic , sensible , sententious , serious ,
showy , shrined , skyscraping , snobbish , snooty , snotty , soaring ,
solemn , sonorous , sound , spiring , stately , steep , stilted ,
stuck-up , sublime , subtle , superb , supercilious , supereminent ,
superior , superlative , supernal , tall , telling , thoroughbred ,
throned , tony , topless , toplofty , topping , tortuous , towering ,
towery , trademark , unbiased , uninfluenced , unselfish , unswayed ,
upcast , upflung , uplifted , uppish , uppity , upraised , upreared ,
upright , upstage , upthrown , utopian , vainglorious , valid , vaunting ,
venerable , visionary , weighty


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