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OVERBLOWN
overblown
(adjective) past the stage of full bloom; “overblown roses”
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
(adjective) puffed up with vanity; “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”; “overblown oratory”; “a pompous speech”; “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey”- Newsweek
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
overblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
Synonyms
• inflated
Verb
overblown
past participle of overblow
Anagrams
• blown over
Source: Wiktionary
OVERBLOW
O`ver*blow", v. i.
1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
O`ver*blow", v. t.
Definition: To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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