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high-sound·ing | \ ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ 
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\Synonyms for high-sounding
Synonyms
- aureate,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- high-flown,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- magnific,
- ornate,
- purple,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric)
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high-sounding
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of high-sounding
disapproving : using words that are meant to sound important and impressive
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The first known use of high-sounding was in 1624
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