high–sounding

adjective high–sound·ing \ˈhī-ˈsau̇n-diŋ\

: using words that are meant to sound important and impressive

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Synonyms: aureate, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, magnific, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)

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