Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Highsounding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or
titles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
high-sounding
adj : (informal) pretentious; "high-flown talk of preserving the
moral tone of the school"; "a high-flying dissertation
on the means to attain social revolution" [syn: {high-flown},
{high-flying}, {inflated}]
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