Definitions for high-sounding

high-sounding high-sound·ing

Spelling: [hahy-soun-ding]
IPA: /ˈhaɪˈsaʊn dɪŋ/

High-Sounding is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in high-sounding (-dgghhiinnosu).

Definitions for high-sounding

adjective

  1. having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand:

Origin of high-sounding

First recorded in 1550-60

Examples for high-sounding

He had a high-sounding title to his name, but neither knife nor fork!

He has been deluded by a high-sounding prophecy, and it has come to little.

My nephew's children named them, which accounts for their high-sounding titles.

They all call themselves Portuguese, and own high-sounding Portuguese surnames.

It certainly seems to have the high-sounding tome of a presidential pronouncement.

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Bubble-characters have burst, and high-sounding phrases have been exploded.

He gave himself a high-sounding title: Photo Coordinator for the Western Front.

Yes, boys—both of them, for all their priestly and high-sounding titles.

To "help humanity" is a very attractive and high-sounding term.

Word Value for high-sounding
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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