'High-toned' definitions:

Definition of 'high-toned'

From: WordNet
adjective
Pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn: high-class, high-toned]

Definition of 'High-toned'

From: GCIDE
  • High-toned \High"-toned`\, a.
  • 1. High in tone or sound. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable. [1913 Webster]
  • In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state Seem objects of indifferent weight. --Sir W. Scott.
  • 3. pretentious, pompous. [PJC]