high-sounding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
    high-flown; inflated.
    • high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
    • a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution

WordNet

High"-sound`ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

Webster 1913