Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Pretentiously impressive; pompous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resonant.
- Of pompous or pretentious import; having an imposing sound: as, high-sounding titles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pompous; noisy; ostentatious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having an elevated or
moralistic tone . - adjective
Oratorial or even contrived sounding.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
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Examples
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Was my friend sent to Iraq for high-sounding words or to steal oil?
Gareth Harris: Why Politicians Love Religion's War on Science Gareth Harris 2010
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That would effectively allow them to by-pass under the radar any direct controversy over the Catholic moral objections, kind of the way that the Soviets used all manner of high-sounding charges against Christians in the old days, when to everyone it was obvious their crime was their faith and nothing more.
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Was my friend sent to Iraq for high-sounding words or to steal oil?
Gareth Harris: Why Politicians Love Religion's War on Science Gareth Harris 2010
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Was my friend sent to Iraq for high-sounding words or to steal oil?
Gareth Harris: Why Politicians Love Religion's War on Science Gareth Harris 2010
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Was my friend sent to Iraq for high-sounding words or to steal oil?
Gareth Harris: Why Politicians Love Religion's War on Science Gareth Harris 2010
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As the Garzon situation demonstrates (and I think EPosner has it right), Garzon was simply seeing what he could get away with vis-a-vis “universal jurisdiction” and so long as his targets matched the wish lists of various members of the academic international law community, they did everything they could to enable his politics with high-sounding pronouncements as to the QED “legality” of his course of action.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare: The Upbeat News About the Obama Administration 2010
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He has taken a noble and high-sounding Fijian name and dragged it in the dirt to suit his nefarious purposes.
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Touch his silly vanity, which he exalts into high-sounding pride — call him a liar, and behold the red animal in him that makes a hand clutching that is quick like the tensing of a tiger's claw, or an eagle's talon, incarnate with desire to rip and tear.
The Somnambulists 2010
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As the Garzon situation demonstrates (and I think EPosner has it right), Garzon was simply seeing what he could get away with vis-a-vis “universal jurisdiction” and so long as his targets matched the wish lists of various members of the academic international law community, they did everything they could to enable his politics with high-sounding pronouncements as to the QED “legality” of his course of action.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare: The Upbeat News About the Obama Administration 2010
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Was my friend sent to Iraq for high-sounding words or to steal oil?
Gareth Harris: Why Politicians Love Religion's War on Science Gareth Harris 2010
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