What is high-sounding language?
What is high-sounding language?
adjective. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.
What are the best sounding words?
The Top 10 Most Beautiful English Words
- 3 Pluviophile (n.)
- 4 Clinomania (n.)
- 5 Idyllic (adj.)
- 6 Aurora (n.)
- 7 Solitude (n.)
- 8 Supine (adj.)
- 9 Petrichor (n.)
- 10 Serendipity (n.)
What are some words for high?
high
- delirious.
- doped.
- drunk.
- euphoric.
- flying.
- freaked-out.
- inebriated.
- on a trip.
What is the meaning of flowery words?
Flowery language occurs when elaborate words are substituted for simple ones and longer sentences are used to try to convey multiple ideas. It is an attempt to make themselves sound like they know more about a subject by using jargon terms and connecting different concepts together.
What’s a cool sounding word?
Cool sounding words
- marsupial.
- spatchcock.
- dribbler.
- escutcheon.
- Plimpton.
- kleptomaniac.
- maestro.
- quadrangle.
How do you describe very high?
“Other traders and the shopkeepers whose overheads are very high can tell similar stories.”…What is another word for very high?
| sky-high | immoderate |
|---|---|
| unreasonable | towering |
| extortionate | high |
| unmeasurable | stratospheric |
| elevated | over-the-top |
How do you say your high?
23 Ways to say you’re High
- Stoned.
- Baked.
- Ripped.
- Toast.
- Higher than a bats ass.
- Baked beans.
- Putting on a green sweater.
- Faded.
What are the 10 most popular words?
The 100 most common words in English
| 1. the | 21. at | 61. some |
|---|---|---|
| 8. you | 28. had | 68. time |
| 9. that | 29. by | 69. has |
| 10. it | 30. word | 70. look |
| 11. he | 31. but | 71. two |
