highbrow

"Wouldn't you rather be a 'highbrow' too?"

Highbrow sort of stuff she wrote but you'd never think it to hear her talk.

His is not on the highbrow end of the genre.

That is why I have always been so proud to be called highbrow.

But books need not be highbrow or academic to speak to the life of a community.

Nevertheless I understood them when the talk was not highbrow.

Interest in either highbrow or emerging cultural capital is low.

The poems have been superior, and some could even be called highbrow.

Perhaps in the future, highbrow critics will wake up to this.

The contents were too highbrow, but the delivery was down home.

How do you make a highbrow dramatic thriller these days?

All the talk was about whether this year's prize had lost its traditional highbrow status.

Some of the most popular detective shows have highbrow roots.

It is pop, classical, street and highbrow all at once.

I always thought they were too highbrow for that!

All of this was an effort to make the channel appear more "highbrow".

The most highbrow reason, though, is that sports can give an economist a window into human behavior.

My writing, if it has any value at all, would in some ways fit into the highbrow category.

"We should begin it very highbrow, with the history of the whole notion.

I've wondered if sometimes they just make up that highbrow middle name for effect."

He believed that many of the references would be too Highbrow for the audience.

The Third was a highbrow station, with a tiny proportion of the audience.

I've known enough of the scientists over the years to know that these are very legitimate, highbrow researchers.

Might not be highbrow enough for the Booker, but a fantastic read all the same.

These errors result from our solemn desire to sound highbrow.

The show was a highbrow success, but before long, commercial producers seized on it.