high-sounding

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1. high-sounding - Adjective

2. high-sounding - Adjective Satellite

Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

inflated high-flown grand baroque flowery oratorical gaudy affected BIG artificial elaborate loud ornate extravagant fancy

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spartan simple basic stark poor ordinary

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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams

I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. Henryk Sienkiewicz

Don't be frightened at high-sounding words. Latin Proverb

high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school Source: Internet

a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution Source: Internet