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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-sounding. Accessed 17 May. 2021.
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high-sounding
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English 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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