slovo | definícia |
high-sounding (encz) | high-sounding,honosný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
High-sounding (gcide) | High-sounding \High"-sound`ing\, a.
Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or
titles.
[1913 Webster] |
high-sounding (wn) | high-sounding
adj 1: 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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
high-sounding (encz) | high-sounding,honosný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
high-sounding (wn) | high-sounding
adj 1: 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] |
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