High-sounding
High-sounding adjective - Full of fine words and fancy expressions.
Pleonastic and high-sounding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pleonastic" instead an adjective phrase "High-sounding".
Pleonastic
Pleonastic adjective - Using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea.
High-sounding and pleonastic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "High-sounding" instead an adjective "Pleonastic".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- ornate and high-sounding
- ornate and pleonastic
- extravagant and high-sounding
- extravagant and pleonastic
- florid and high-sounding
- florid and pleonastic
- flowery and high-sounding
- flowery and pleonastic
- rhetorical and high-sounding
- rhetorical and pleonastic
- bombastic and high-sounding
- bombastic and pleonastic
- oratorical and high-sounding
- oratorical and pleonastic
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