high-sounding

adj (of language, etc) pretentious; high-flown （指语言等）夸张的, 言过其实的.

high-falutin, high-flown, high-flyer (also high-flier), high-flying, high-grade, high-handed, high-handedly, high-handedness, high-level, high-level language, high-minded, high-mindedly, high-mindedness, high-octane, high-pitched, high-powered, high-priced, high-principled, high-ranking, high-rise, high-speed, high-spirited, high-tech, high-up, highball, highboy, highbrow, higher animals, plants, etc, higher education, highjack, highland, Highland fling, highlander, highlight, highlighted, highlighter, highly, highly-academic, highly-paid, highly-strung,