high-sounding

Synonyms

florid, flowery, grandiloquent, high-flown, highfalutin (also hifalutin), ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric);

Near Antonyms

prosaic, unpoetic;

bald, direct, lean, matter-of-fact, plain, plainspoken, simple, spare, stark, straightforward, unadorned;

natural, unaffected, unpretentious;

Related Words

affected, bloated, fancy-pants, grandiose, inflated, pompous, pretentious, stilted;

excessive, flattering, fulsome;

boastful, bombastic;

elevated, eloquent, lofty;

bookish, inkhorn, learned;