Fancy vs. Highfalutin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fancy and Highfalutin
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Definitions
Fancy
Highly decorated
A fancy hat.
Highfalutin
Pompous or pretentious
"highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
Fancy
Complex or intricate
The fancy footwork of a figure skater.
Highfalutin
Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery.
That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
His speech was very highfalutin.
Fancy
Elegantly fashionable or sophisticated
A fancy restaurant.
A fancy way of asking for a loan.
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Highfalutin
(archaic) Pompous speech or writing.
Fancy
Of superior grade; fine
Fancy preserves.
Highfalutin
Affectedly genteel; pretentious; haughty; snobbish.
Fancy
Excessive or exorbitant
Paid a fancy price for the car.
Highfalutin
High-flown, bombastic language.
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Fancy
Bred for unusual qualities or special points.
Highfalutin
Affectedly genteel
Fancy
The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature.
Fancy
Something imagined or invented by the mind
"As the fancies that kept crowding in upon him only made him more excited, he got out of bed and tried to think." (Sherwood Anderson).
Fancy
A capricious liking or inclination
I have a fancy for a glass of wine.
Fancy
A romantic liking or interest
She's taken a fancy to you.
Fancy
The enthusiasts or fans of a sport or pursuit considered as a group.
Fancy
The sport or pursuit, such as boxing, engaging the interest of such a group.
Fancy
To have a liking or enthusiasm for
Fancies sports cars.
Fancy
To have a desire or inclination for
Would you fancy a cup of coffee?.
Fancy
To take a romantic interest in (someone)
Do you think he fancies her?.
Fancy
To imagine or suppose
"I fancy she is an exceedingly proud woman" (Jane Austen).
Fancy
The imagination.
Fancy
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
Fancy
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
Fancy
A whim.
I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
Fancy
Love or amorous attachment.
He took a fancy to her.
Fancy
The object of inclination or liking.
Fancy
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
The cat fancy
Fancy
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.
Fancy
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
Fancy
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
Fancy
A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
A French fancy; a fondant fancy; cream fancies
Fancy
(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
Fancy
In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
Fancy
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
This is a fancy shawl.
Fancy
Of a superior grade.
This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
Fancy
Executed with skill.
He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
Fancy
(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
Fancy
(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
Fancy
(nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
Fancy
(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
Fancy
(British) would like
I fancy a burger tonight for dinner.
Do you fancy going to town this weekend?
Fancy
To be sexually attracted to.
I fancy that girl over there.
Fancy
To imagine, suppose.
[dated] I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.
I fancy this is an error.
Fancy meeting you here!
Fancy that! I saw Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy kissing in the garden.
You won't get the gig just because you fancy yourself a musician.
Fancy
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
Fancy
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
Fancy
(transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
Fancy
The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.
In the soulAre many lesser faculties, that serveReason as chief. Among these fancy nextHer office holds.
Fancy
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ?
Fancy
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.
Fancy
Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
To fit your fancies to your father's will.
Fancy
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
Fancy
A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy.
Fancy
To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.
Fancy
To love.
Fancy
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express.
Fancy
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
Fancy
To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen.
Fancy
Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes.
Fancy
Extravagant; above real value.
This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.
Fancy
Something many people believe that is false;
They have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Fancy
Fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
Fancy
A predisposition to like something;
He had a fondness for whiskey
Fancy
Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
Fancy
Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for;
She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Fancy
Not plain; decorative or ornamented;
Fancy handwriting
Fancy clothes
