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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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RELATED WORDS

aureate, bombastic, booming, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, loud, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, powerful, resounding, rhetorical, rich, ringing, rotund, swollen, thundering

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Origin of high-sounding

First recorded in 1550–60
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British Dictionary definitions for high-sounding

high-sounding

adjective

another term for high-flown
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