overblown
pronunciation
How to pronounce overblown in British English:
UK [ˌəʊvəˈbləʊn]
How to pronounce overblown in American English:
US [ˌoʊvərˈbloʊn]
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- Adjective:
- puffed up with vanity
- past the stage of full bloom
Word Origin
- overblown (adj.)
- late 15c., "blown over, passed away," past participle adjective from verb overblow "to blow over the top of," of a storm, "to abate, pass on" (late 14c.), from over- + blow (v.1). Meaning "inflated, puffed up" (with vanity, etc.) is from 1864.
Example
- 1. Yet fears of a sectarian meltdown are overblown .
- 2. Such fears are certainly overblown .
- 3. Yet this concern is probably overblown .
- 4. The debate on talent has become horribly overblown .
- 5. These warnings are grossly overblown .