overblown

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overblown

/ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/ UK
/ˌaʊæːˈblaːn/ Northumbria
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈbloʊn/ Canada, US
[ˌoːvɚˈbloːn]

Rhymes with -əʊn

adjective more overblown · most overblown

Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc. They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?
Similar: inflated

verb

participle, past past participle of overblow

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adj Of exaggerated importance

Italiano	esagerato, eccessivo

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@misc{overblown_2026,
  title = {overblown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overblown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}