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adjective
- 1. stylish or superior: North American "she's getting high-toned and putting on airs"
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The meaning of HIGH-TONED is high in social, moral, or intellectual quality. How to use high-toned in a sentence.
1. Rare. high in tone; high-pitched. 2. characterized by dignity, lofty moral or intellectual quality, high principles, etc. often used ironically or humorously. 3. US, Informal. of or imitating the manners, attitudes, etc. of the upper classes.
Define high-toned. high-toned synonyms, high-toned pronunciation, high-toned translation, English dictionary definition of high-toned. adj. 1. Intellectually, morally, or socially superior. 2. Fashionable or pretentious: a high-toned restaurant. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English...
adjective. having high principles; dignified. having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: He writes for a high-toned literary review. affectedly stylish or genteel. high-toned. adjective. having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality. affectedly superior. high in tone. Discover More. Word History and Origins.
Definitions of high-toned. adjective. pretentiously elegant. “a high-toned restaurant”. synonyms: high-class. elegant. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
Synonyms for HIGH-TONED: highbrow, cerebral, intellectual, civilized, cultured, polished, intellectualistic, bourgeois; Antonyms of HIGH-TONED: barbarous, unrefined, ignorant, unpolished, uncivilized, barbaric, uncultured, uneducated.
High-toned definition: Intellectually, morally, or socially superior.
What does the adjective high-toned mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective high-toned. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. See meaning & use. How common is the adjective high-toned? About 0.09 occurrences per million words in modern written English.
having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: He writes for a high-toned literary review. affectedly stylish or genteel. Also, high ′ -tone ′ .
HIGH–TONED meaning: 1 : having a high moral or intellectual tone or quality; 2 : high-sounding
