high-sounding

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high-sounding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a.
     Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or
     titles.
     [1913 Webster]

high-sounding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  high-sounding
      adj 1: pretentious (especially with regard to language or
             ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of
             the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means
             to attain social revolution" [syn: high-flown, high-  sounding
             , inflated]