Word: high-sounding
Synonyms: high-sounding
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: high-sounding
high-sounding in french
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french
Translations:
pompeux
high-sounding in russian
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russian
Translations:
громкий, звучный, пышный
high-sounding in czech
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czech
Translations:
honosný
high-sounding in polish
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polish
Translations:
szumny
high-sounding in ukrainian
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ukrainian
Translations:
пишний, звучний
high-sounding in estonian
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estonian
Translations:
suuresõnaline
high-sounding in slovak
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slovak
Translations:
honosný
The meaning and "use of": high-sounding
adjective
- (of language or ideas) extravagant and lofty. - Government broadcasting policy has always been surrounded by high-sounding rhetoric, but the need to ensure financial viability while filling the programming needs of a voracious medium has always been the basic driver of TV practice.