overblown
1- overdone or excessive: overblown praise.
- of unusually large size or proportions: a majestic, overblown figure.
- overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious: overblown prose.
- past participle of overblow.
Origin of overblown
1overblown
2- (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
Origin of overblown
2overblow
- to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one's own writing.
- to overinflate.
- to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.
- to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.
- to overblow a wind instrument.
Origin of overblow
Related Words for overblown
inflated, superfluous, disproportionate, pretentious, aureate, bombastic, flowery, fulsome, grandiloquent, immoderate, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, profuse, rhetorical, sonorous, turgid, undue, verboseExamples from the Web for overblown
Contemporary Examples of overblown
I suspect he chose the Dred Scott comparison precisely because of its overblown, grandiose nature.
Funny enough, my mom and dad soon began watching the show with me, realizing that their initial concerns were overblown.
It was there, Walker pointed out, that the two of them had the overblown “confrontation” that had now taken over his life.
The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever ReadDavid Weigel
August 30, 2014
But Dr. Rebecca Brightman, an ob-gyn in private practice, cautioned that such fears are overblown.
But as these athletes make such revelations, critics (and some supporters) say the hubbub is overblown.
Historical Examples of overblown
Or ‘Friar Tuck’ so overblown He tipped the scale at fifteen stone.
A Humorous History of EnglandC. Harrison
One of these is notoriously tumidity—an overblown exaggeration of phrase.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)John Addington Symonds
Surely she could never become gross and overblown, the damask fading to an underwater bleach, dugs swollen to down pillows!
Wilderness of SpringEdgar Pangborn
Yet Laura was neither gross nor unclean—indeed, pretty in her overblown way, and certainly friendly.
Wilderness of SpringEdgar Pangborn
He looked like an overblown schoolboy, and though I felt so sorry for him, I could hardly help laughing.
The Moon and SixpenceW. Somerset Maugham
overblown
- overdone or excessive
- bombastic; turgidoverblown prose
- (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom
overblow
- 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
- to blow (a wind instrument) or (of a wind instrument) to be blown too hard
- to blow over, away, or across