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overblown
1[ oh-ver-blohn ]
adjective
- overdone or excessive:
overblown praise.
- of unusually large size or proportions:
a majestic, overblown figure.
- overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious:
overblown prose.
verb
- past participle of overblow.
overblown
2[ oh-ver-blohn ]
adjective
- (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown:
an overblown rose.
overblown
/ ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn /
adjective
- overdone or excessive
- bombastic; turgid
overblown prose
- (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom
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Example Sentences
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.
For gay rights activists, such concerns appear overblown and can be used to stoke paranoia on the right.
But Dr. Rebecca Brightman, an ob-gyn in private practice, cautioned that such fears are overblown.
He looked down at the little overblown flower in his hand and carried it mechanically to his nostrils.
No—I should say you were perhaps just a trifle—er—overblown.
When he became dazzled with a vulgar, opulent, overblown person, Jacquaine would not view it as a temporary fascination.
Miss von Schwarzenberg's air of dreamy sentimentality dropped from her as the petals of an overblown rose at some rude touch.
She did not add that the coral and silver brocade gave Mrs. Pletheridge a curious resemblance to an overblown prize hollyhock.
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