'High-sounding' definitions:
Definition of 'high-sounding'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, high- sounding, inflated]
Definition of 'High-sounding'
From: GCIDE
- High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles. [1913 Webster]