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Definitions for Overblown
[1] overdone or excessive: overblown praise.
[2] of unusually large size or proportions: a majestic, overblown figure.
[3] overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious: overblown prose.
[4] past participle of overblow.
[5] (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
[6] to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
[7] to overinflate.
[8] to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.
[9] to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.
[10] to overblow a wind instrument.
[11] overdone or excessive
[12] bombastic; turgid overblown prose
[13] (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom
[14] music to blow into (a wind instrument) with greater force than normal in order to obtain a harmonic or overtone instead of the fundamental tone
[15] to blow (a wind instrument) or (of a wind instrument) to be blown too hard
[16] to blow over, away, or across
Words related to Overblown
inflated, superfluous, disproportionate, pretentious, aureate, bombastic, flowery, fulsome, grandiloquent, immoderate, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, profuse, rhetorical, sonorous, turgid, undue, verbose
Words nearby Overblown
overbearing, overbid, overbite, overblouse, overblow, overblown, overboard, overbook, overboot, overbore, overborne
Origin of Overblown
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at over-, blow2
Synonyms for Overblown
disproportionate, inflated, pretentious, superfluous, aureate, bombastic, euphuistic, flowery, fulsome, grandiloquent, hyped up, immoderate, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, profuse, rhetorical, sonorous, turgid, undue, verbose, windy