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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 vanityplay

2. past the stage of full bloomplay

  Familiarity information: OVERBLOWN used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERBLOWN (adjective)


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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