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Definition of high-sounding adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

high-sounding

adjective

/ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ/

/ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ/

(often disapproving)

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(of language or ideas) complicated and intended to sound important synonym pretentious

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