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Overblown

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo cover with blossoms or flowers.
2.verbTo blow over; pass over; pass away.
3.verbTo blow hard or with much violence.
4.verbTo blow over or across.
5.verbTo blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
6.verbTo exaggerate the significance of something.
7.verbTo blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
8.verbOf a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
9.adjectiveOf exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
"They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?"

Synonyms

inflatedpompousgrandiloquentpretentiousmatureportentouspontificalexaggeratedover-the-topexcessiveundueoverkill

Rhymes With

moangroandronebemoancornerstonetonestonecondone
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