Hifalutin in a sentence as an adjective

" As in, look at this hifalutin' VIP bigwig who's too good for McDonalds ... or Starbucks.

" and he mentions some place hifalutin' and crazy and a little embarassing.

Because it is a practical skill and hifalutin schools prefer theory and arcana.

" ... and how many people told me with utter certainty and hifalutin credentials how stupid Wikipedia was and how much it would fail.

> Brutalism when done thoughtfully and well is beautiful, uplifting, and provides a sense of calm and spaceAnd yet common folk - unfairly deprived of an education in hifalutin architecture-speak - still seem to consider brutalism to be as ugly as sin.

Hifalutin definitions

adjective

affectedly genteel

See also: grandiose highfalutin highfaluting hoity-toity la-di-da