high-sounding

adj.

Pretentiously impressive; pompous: high-sounding oratory.

adjective

Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) pretentious
  Synonyms: high-flown, high-flying, inflated

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - højtravende

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoog-/mooiklinkend, hoogdravend, indrukmakend

Français (French)
adj. - ronflant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hochtrabend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ηχηρός, πομπώδης, εντυπωσιακός

Italiano (Italian)
altisonante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - altissonante

Русский (Russian)
звучный, пышный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - altisonante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klingande, högtravande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
夸大的, 高调的, 夸张的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 誇大的, 高調的, 誇張的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어마어마한, 야단스러운, 거들먹거리는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 仰々しい, 大げさな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) طنان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יומרני, מנופח‬

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