high-flown
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhigh-ˈflown adjective IMPRESShigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning 〔言辞〕浮夸的,空洞的
Examples from the Corpus
high-flown• Besides, none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes.• Such a description might sound high-flown for a small, transitory occasion.• Clark never developed high-flown ideas about saving the world.• And Jack, her husband, had had some high-flown notion of dedicating the lad to the cause.• I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence.ˌhigh-ˈflown adjectiveChineseSyllable
sounds high-flown not impressive does but Corpus have language
high-flown
ˌhigh-ˈflown
adjective
high-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning
ˌhigh-ˈflown
adjectivehigh-flown language sounds impressive but does not have much real meaning