overblown in English dictionary

  • overblown

    Meanings and definitions of "overblown"

    • Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
    • Past participle of overblow
    • adjective
      Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
    • verb
      past participle of [i]overblow[/i]
    • adjective
      past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"
    • adjective
      puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

    Synonyms of "overblown" in English dictionary

    pompous, grandiloquent, pontifical are the top synonyms of "overblown" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of overblown

    • overblown ( comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)
    • overblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)

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