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First Known Use of high-sounding
1624
high-sounding Synonyms
Synonyms
florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, highfalutin (also hifalutin), ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric);
Near Antonyms
bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned;
Related Words
affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted;
HIGH-SOUNDING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of high-sounding for English Language Learners
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: using words that are meant to sound important and impressive
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