high-sounding

adjective

high-sound·ing ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ

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: pompous, imposing

Examples of high-sounding in a Sentence

high-sounding speeches full of promises that the candidates would never keep

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First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

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high-sounding

adjective

high-sound·ing

ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ

: pompous sense 1, imposing

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