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blown

/bləʊn/ UK
/blaːn/ Northumbria
/bloʊn/ US

Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan.

Morphologically blow + -n.

adjective blowne

not comparable Distended, swollen, or inflated. Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.
Similar: bulled, tumid, puffed
not comparable Panting and out of breath.
not comparable, of glass Formed by blowing.
not comparable Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
Similar: blazed, reefed, spaced-out, baked, blitzed, blown, chemically impaired, chopped, cut, drugged, drugged-out, fuckered up
not comparable, obsolete Stale; worthless. [T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight.
Similar: good-for-nothing, no good, valueless, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish
not comparable Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
not comparable Given a hot rod blower.
Similar: supercharged
not comparable Having failed. a blown head gasket
informal, not comparable Of a vein, ruptured or punctured as a result of an injection or cannula, causing fluid (blood, medication, or saline) to leak into the surrounding tissue.

verb blowne

participle, past past participle of blow

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gasping, breathless, winded, short-winded, pursy, panting, moving, formed, pumped, busted, exploded, drawn, burnt, scorched, destroyed, spoiled

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adj distended, swollen or inflated

Deutsch	aufgebläht

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@misc{blown_2026,
  title = {blown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}