adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   past participle of overblow form-of, participle, past

Adjective

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

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

Adjective

1. 1
   past the stage of full bloom wordnet
2. 2
   puffed up with vanity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

grandiloquentartlessartyaureatebigbloated

Example

More examples

"If you ask me, it's completely overblown."

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