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high-sounding

DEFINITIONS OF: high-sounding

1

adj pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

“a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution”
Synonyms:
high-flown, inflated
pretentious
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
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