high-sounding

• Beschreibt Sprache oder Bezeichnungen, die beeindruckend, wichtig oder großartig klingen, oft aber übertrieben oder nicht ganz gerechtfertigt wirken.

Describes language or a name that sounds impressive, important, or grand, but often in a way that is exaggerated or not fully justified.

1. Pretentious or grandiloquentC1formal

   Using language that sounds important or impressive but is often insincere or exaggerated.

   Hochtrabend

   • His high-sounding promises turned out to be empty.
   • The politician gave a high-sounding speech about reform.
   • She dismissed his high-sounding arguments as mere rhetoric.

   Synonymebombasticflowerygrandioseinflatedmagniloquentorotundoverblownpompouspretentiousturgid

   Antonymehumbleplainspokensimpleunpretentious