History
History
Synonyms
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US
Meaning:
loud

producing, having, much sound; (of a person's behaviour; of colour) unpleasant because too obvious or extreme

blaring, noisy

pretentious

claiming (without justification) great ability, qualities or importance

snobbish, conceited

stilted

(of written style, talk, behaviour etc) too formal and unnatural

artificial, pretentious

HIGH-SOUNDING as in Wiktionary
HIGH-SOUNDING as in Wikipedia