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Thesaurus: high-sounding
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
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Definitions
- a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
- adj. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
- Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
- Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words ortitles.
- j:100 s pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)