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overblown

Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈbləʊn/
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Definition of overblown

adjective

  • 1made to seem more impressive or important than is the case; exaggerated or pretentious:his most rhetorically overblown screenplay
  • 2(of a flower) past its prime:an overblown rose

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