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overblown

adjective

past the stage of full bloom

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Word length
9
Starts with
O
Ends with
N
Contains
VE
Scrabble score
17
CEFR level
A1

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adjective

  1. past the stage of full bloom

    “overblown roses”

adjective

  1. puffed up with vanity

    “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”

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overblown roses
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
overblown oratory
a pompous speech
{'source': 'Newsweek', 'text': 'pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey'}

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