Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness.
Pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
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Examples for "high-sounding "
Examples for "high-sounding "
1 Most attempts at a philosophy of sorrow just end in high - sounding words.
2 My driver bestowed upon this tangled brushwood the high - sounding name of jungle.
3 I wondered what beautiful and high - sounding name they might have given it.
4 He would probably be the last to ask a more high - sounding epitaph.
5 But with the Japanese such high - sounding words as these are quite unnecessary.
1 For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high - flown speculations.
2 The expert was a little puzzled by sentiments so high - flown and unpractical.
3 He returned a high - flown phrase of thanks in a bitter, absent whisper.
4 They hate nonsense, sentimentalism, and high - flown expressions; they use a studied plainness.
5 Bell had had high - flown notions as to the absolute glory of poverty.
"Inflated" is the opposite of:
1 Working in this industry, it's really easy to get an inflated ego.
2 The family believed the charges included what appear to be inflated costs.
3 The inflated number allowed Musso to offer a lower bid than competitors.
4 The number of PhDs, meanwhile, is inflated and international competition is fierce.
5 Sydney's inflated property prices may make a positive difference for a change.
6 But it was one key investment that really inflated his bank balance.
7 Assam police launched a crackdown on traders selling food at inflated prices.
8 Equally, relying on surveys may lead to inflated reports of psychological distress.
9 These buyouts in turn inflated its mortgage holdings for the second month.
10 Rather, ultra-low interest rates together with increased leverage have inflated corporate profits.
11 Lack of sleep leads to an inflated appetite and, consequently, weight gain.
12 Canadians, most recently, are complaining about inflated prices to hear Leonard Cohen.
13 Even at that inflated level, Macquarie's nearly 60 percent share is higher.
14 The sale climaxed years of inflated prices for the season's first tuna.
15 It's an inflated sense of value-liketulips in the Dutch tulip frenzy.
16 Sala in cross-examination said to Lockwood in a bombastic, inflated , Adelphi-drama style:
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