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OVERBLOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overblown mean?
• OVERBLOWN (adjective)
The adjective OVERBLOWN has 2 senses:
1. puffed up with vanity
2. past the stage of full bloom
Familiarity information: OVERBLOWN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Puffed up with vanity
Synonyms:
grandiloquent; overblown; pompous; pontifical; portentous
Context example:
pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
Similar:
pretentious (making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Past the stage of full bloom
Context example:
overblown roses
Similar:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
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