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high-sounding

[ hahy-soun-ding ]

adjective

  1. having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand:

    the high-sounding titles of minor officials.



high-sounding

adjective

  1. another term for high-flown


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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-sounding1

First recorded in 1550–60

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Example Sentences

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.

Click Image To View Our Gallery of Memorable U.N. Moments For all the high-sounding rhetoric, this is an awful week.

Long suffixes abound, and the style becomes, in consequence, frequently high-sounding and exaggerated.

My driver bestowed upon this tangled brushwood the high-sounding name of jungle.

My Tour in France has at least taught me one lesson—never to be deceived by high-sounding names and pompous designations.

Mr. George enunciated these high-sounding words in a pompous and theatrical manner, which made Rollo laugh very heartily.

There were also several officials with high-sounding titles who were going out to their stations in German East Africa.

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