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overblown
o·ver·blown 1 O0177100 (ō′vər-blōn′)v.Past participle of overblow.adj.1. Excessive, exaggerated, or overdone: overblown decorations; overblown threats.2. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic: overblown oratory.
[Adj., from over- + blown, past participle of blow.]
o·ver·blown 2 O0177100 (ō′vər-blōn′)adj. Past the stage of full bloom: overblown roses.
[over- + blown, past participle of blow.]overblown (ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn) adj1. overdone or excessive2. bombastic; turgid: overblown prose. 3. (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloomo•ver•blown1 (ˈoʊ vərˈbloʊn)
adj. 1. overdone or excessive: overblown praise. 2. of unusually large size or proportions. 3. overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious. [1590–1600] o•ver•blown2 (ˈoʊ vərˈbloʊn)
adj. past the stage of full bloom. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | overblown - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweekpompous, grandiloquent, pontifical, portentouspretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | | 2. | overblown - past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" |
overblownadjective1. excessive, exaggerated, over the top (slang), too much, inflated, extravagant, overdone, disproportionate, undue, fulsome, intemperate, immoderate, O.T.T. (slang) The reporting of the story was fair, though a little overblown.2. inflated, rhetorical, high-flown, pompous, pretentious, flowery, florid, turgid, bombastic, windy, grandiloquent, high-sounding, fustian, orotund, magniloquent, aureate, euphuistic The book contains a heavy dose of overblown lyrical description.overblownadjective1. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.2. Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial:flatulent, inflated, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy.3. Having too much flesh:corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overweight, porcine, portly, stout, weighty.Translationsoverblown
Related to overblown: overdone, mutually, entreatSynonyms for overblownadj excessiveSynonyms- excessive
- exaggerated
- over the top
- too much
- inflated
- extravagant
- overdone
- disproportionate
- undue
- fulsome
- intemperate
- immoderate
- O.T.T.
adj inflatedSynonyms- inflated
- rhetorical
- high-flown
- pompous
- pretentious
- flowery
- florid
- turgid
- bombastic
- windy
- grandiloquent
- high-sounding
- fustian
- orotund
- magniloquent
- aureate
- euphuistic
Synonyms for overblownadj characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in styleSynonyms- aureate
- bombastic
- declamatory
- flowery
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- high-flown
- high-sounding
- magniloquent
- orotund
- rhetorical
- sonorous
- swollen
adj filled up with or as if with something insubstantialSynonyms- flatulent
- inflated
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- windy
adj having too much fleshSynonyms- corpulent
- fat
- fatty
- fleshy
- gross
- obese
- overweight
- porcine
- portly
- stout
- weighty
Synonyms for overblownadj puffed up with vanitySynonyms- pompous
- grandiloquent
- pontifical
- portentous
Related Wordsadj past the stage of full bloomRelated Words |