high-sounding English

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high-sounding

— adjective (= high-flown) 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

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high-sounding English » English

pompous

high-flown

inflated

turgid

orotund

large

highbrow

grandiloquent

bombastic

blue-sky