high-sounding
[hahy-soun-ding]
adjective
having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
Origin of high-sounding
First recorded in 1550–60
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Contemporary Examples of high-sounding
He gave himself a high-sounding title: Photo Coordinator for the Western Front.
It certainly seems to have the high-sounding tome of a presidential pronouncement.
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Historical Examples of high-sounding
Bubble-characters have burst, and high-sounding phrases have been exploded.
Shoulder-StrapsHenry Morford
He has been deluded by a high-sounding prophecy, and it has come to little.
Simon DaleAnthony Hope
Yes, boys—both of them, for all their priestly and high-sounding titles.
Historic BoysElbridge Streeter Brooks
They all call themselves Portuguese, and own high-sounding Portuguese surnames.
My nephew's children named them, which accounts for their high-sounding titles.
The Lilac LadyRuth Alberta Brown
high-sounding
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