Meaning of HIGH-MINDED
| Pronunciation: | | 'hI'mIndid
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | exalted, high-flown, idealistic, lofty, noble, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \High"-mind"ed\, a.
1. Proud; arrogant. [Obs.]
Be not high-minded, but fear. --Rom. xi. 20.
2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or
pertaining to elevated principles and feelings;
magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. --A.
Norton.
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| | Related Terms: | | big, bighearted, blameless, chivalrous, Christian, clean, creditable, decent, elevated, erect, estimable, ethical, exalted, fair, full of integrity, generous, good, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, heroic, high, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, high-headed, highly respectable, high-nosed, high-principled, high-toned, honest, honorable, idealistic, immaculate, inviolate, irreproachable, just, knightly, largehearted, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, manly, moral, noble, noble-minded, openhanded, princely, principled, pure, reputable, respectable, right, righteous, right-minded, spotless, stainless, sterling, sublime, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, truehearted, true-souled, true-spirited, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly |
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