high-sounding
11high-sounding — /huy sown ding/, adj. having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high sounding titles of minor officials. [1550 60] * * * …
12high-sounding — adjective (only before noun) high sounding statements, principles etc seem very impressive but are often insincere …
13high-sounding — /ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ/ (say huy sownding) adjective having an imposing or pretentious sound: high sounding titles …
14high-sounding words — index bombast, fustian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15high sounding — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, alto, bedizened, big sounding, convoluted, declamatory, elevated, euphuistic, falsetto, flamboyant, flaming, flashy, flaunting, fulsome, garish, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose,… …
16high-sounding — adjective a) Having an elevated or moralistic tone. b) Oratorial or even contrived sounding …
17high-sounding — adj grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, high flown. See high flown …
18high-sounding — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. artificial, pompous, ostentatious; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian,… …
19high-sounding — adjective See high flown …
20high-sounding — adjective Date: 1711 pompous, imposing …