high-sound·ing (h  sound ng)adj. Pretentiously impressive; pompous: high-sounding oratory. |
high-sounding
adj
another term for high-flown
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | high-sounding - pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" |
Translations
high-sounding [ˌhaɪˈsaʊndɪŋ] adj (speech, ideas) → altisonante; (language) → ampolloso/a
high-sounding [ˌhaɪˈsaʊndɪŋ] adj (speech, ideas) → altisonante; (language) → ampolloso/a
high-sounding [ˌhaɪˈsaʊndɪŋ] adj (speech, ideas) → altisonante; (language) → ampolloso/a
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