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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
/ ˌəʊ±¹É™Ëˆ²ú±ôəʊ²Ô /
adjective
- overdone or excessive
- bombastic; turgid
overblown prose
- (of flowers, such as the rose) past the stage of full bloom
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of overblown1
Origin of overblown2
Example Sentences
But Chamberlain was cast as Tchaikovsky in Ken Russell's overblown biopic, The Music Lovers, in which he starred opposite Glenda Jackson.
She cast the media’s focus on the Signal chat as a grossly overblown distraction, saying, “We are not going to bend in the face of this insincere outrage.â€
He believes our fears about the technology are overblown, and says he prefers to "embrace it".
If the record-breaking cleanup of properties — led by the administration’s Environmental Protection Agency — is any indication, those fears were drastically overblown.
That said, Gershenon-Garcia thinks the fear of AI taking over all jobs may be slightly overblown.
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