overblown

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

overblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)

1. Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.

   They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?

Synonyms

• inflated

Derived terms

• overblownness

Translations

Of exaggerated importance

• Bulgarian: прекалено раздут (prekaleno razdut)
• Italian: esagerato (it) m, eccessivo (it) m
• Norwegian: oppblåst

Verb

overblown

1. past participle of overblow

Anagrams

• blown over