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overblown::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
overblown oratory.
overblown::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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overblown roses.
Examples of overblown
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The default danger seems a bit overblown, certainly compared to corporate bonds.
From the stltoday.com
On Friday, Divac insisted the incident was overblown and inaccurately portrayed.
From the sacbee.com
Investor worries about banks'holdings of sovereign debt are overblown, she says.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Garcia has said that the Polk County Sheriff's Office has overblown the beating.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Takko, Hatfield and others say worries about the marbled murrelet are overblown.
From the thenewstribune.com
Both Iceland and Cyprus buckled under the weight of an overblown banking sector.
From the businessweek.com
Nowadays, the stereotype of the dirty hippy is overblown but too often accurate.
From the economist.com
Andrew Mango, a biographer of Ataturk, thinks secularists'worries are overblown.
From the economist.com
Affecting in fits and starts, the film finally seems overblown and heavy-handed.
From the sfgate.com
- Grandiloquent: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- Past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"
- Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them is a book by the respected American political scientist John E. Mueller published in 2006. It argues that terrorism does not really matter.
- (Overblow) Overblowing (a) A technique used while playing a wind instrument which, primarily through manipulation of the supplied air (versus, e.g., a fingering change or operation of a slide), causes the sounded pitch to jump to a higher one. ...
- (overblow) To cover with blossoms or flowers
