high-sounding

adjective

high-sound·​ing ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ 

: pompous, imposing

Synonyms

• aureate
• florid
• flowery
• grandiloquent
• high-flown
• highfalutin
• hifalutin
• magnific
• ornate
• purple
• rhetorical
• rhetoric

Examples of high-sounding in a Sentence

high-sounding speeches full of promises that the candidates would never keep

Word History

First Known Use

1624, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

high-sounding

adjective

high-sound·​ing

ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ

: pompous sense 1, imposing