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