high-sounding

[ hahy-soun-ding ]

/ ˈhaɪˈsaʊn dɪŋ /

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adjective

having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.

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Origin of high-sounding

First recorded in 1550–60

Words nearby high-sounding

high-resolution, high-rise, high-riser, high-risk, high-rolling, high-sounding, high-speed, high-speed downlink packet access, high-speed steel, high-spirited, high-step

Example sentences from the Web for high-sounding

He gave himself a high-sounding title: Photo Coordinator for the Western Front.
From Robert Capa’s Editor, Unearthed Scenes of Normandy, Summer 1944|Christopher Dickey|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It certainly seems to have the high-sounding tome of a presidential pronouncement.
The Obama Doctrine At Last?|Andrew Roberts|February 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Click Image To View Our Gallery of Memorable U.N. Moments For all the high-sounding rhetoric, this is an awful week.
The Hotspots No Speech Can Fix|Leslie H. Gelb|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In his reply he did not fail to introduce the high-sounding words "liberty and equality."
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

It is a cruel thing that people should be deluded out of their savings by high-sounding names.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893|Various
Gradually the explanations became less vague and high-sounding.
Eskimo Life|Fridtjof Nansen
All the high-sounding arguments for a moral world and all the laws on the books implementing those arguments are just eyewash.
The House from Nowhere|Arthur G. Stangland
Nothing pleases an ignorant person so much as a high-sounding term, full of fury.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten

British Dictionary definitions for high-sounding

high-sounding

adjective

another term for high-flown

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high-sounding

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for high-sounding

adjective