lofty
adjectiveVery high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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Clear all filtersVery high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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Treating someone with an air of superiority that appears helpful or kind.
Continuing indefinitely or recurring so often as to seem constant.
Continuing indefinitely
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Deeply affecting, often with sadness or tenderness.
A false appearance, claim, or show of something.
Likely to experience something or behave in a particular way.
Temporary or conditional, pending further information or confirmation.
A return to criminal behavior after a previous offense or punishment.
An imitation of a situation or process; also a false display of a feeling or quality.
Imitation of a process
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Seeking or tending to undermine an established system or authority.
Undermining an established order
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The act of bringing something to an end, or the ending itself.
Refusing to make concessions or weaken a position or standard.
So unreasonable or wrong as to offend one's sense of fairness or morality.
Offending fairness or morality
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Without realizing it or intending the result.
Firmly refusing to give way or change; also physically inflexible.
Refusing to give way
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