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high-sound·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. high-flown, high-sounding, inflatedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. high-soundingadjective

    Having an elevated or moralistic tone.

  2. high-soundingadjective

    Oratorial or even contrived sounding.

ChatGPT

  1. high-sounding

    High-sounding refers to language or expressions that sound important, grand, or sophisticated, often used to impress or seem superior. It may also imply that the language is somewhat pretentious or excessively ornate, possibly without a substantial meaning to match its lofty tone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. High-soundingadjective

    pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-sounding in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of high-sounding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of high-sounding in a Sentence

  1. Abigail Adams:

    We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

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