overblown

o·ver·blown ¹

 (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.

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[Adj., from over- + blown, past participle of blow.]

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o·ver·blown ²

 (ō′vər-blōn′)

adj.

Past the stage of full bloom: overblown roses.

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[over- + blown, past participle of blow.]

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overblown

(ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn)

adj

1. overdone or excessive

2. bombastic; turgid: overblown prose.

3. (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom

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o•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.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	overblown - puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek pompous, grandiloquent, pontifical, portentous pretentious - 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"

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overblown

adjective

1. 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.

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overblown

adjective

1. 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.

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Translations

oppblåst

overblown

[ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn] ADJ

1. [flower] → marchito, pasado

2. [style] → pomposo, pretencioso

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overblown

[ˌəʊvə^rˈbləʊn] adj (= exaggerated) → exagéré(e)

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