1syllable
overblown
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Definitions ofoverblown
1verb
- To cover with blossoms or flowers.
1verb
- To blow over; pass over; pass away.
- To blow hard or with much violence.
- To blow over or across.
- To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
- To exaggerate the significance of something.
- To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
- Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
1adjective
- Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
Example: "They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?"
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