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
overblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
• inflated
overblown
past participle of overblow
• blown over
Source: Wiktionary
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
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
