overblown

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English

Definitions

verb

To cover with blossoms or flowers.

verb

To blow over; pass over; pass away.
To blow hard or with much violence.
To blow over or across.
To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.

adjective

Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.“They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?”

Related words

Synonyms

inflated pompous grandiloquent pretentious mature portentous pontifical exaggerated over-the-top excessive undue overkill overdone high-flown high-sounding grand lofty

Associated

melodrama ridiculous spectacle arabs prose proceed parody decorative ballad epic praised critic

Rhymes

moan groan drone bemoan cornerstone tone stone condone unknown cyclone

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