High-sounding

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  high-sounding
       adj : 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}, {inflated}]