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overblown
adjective
past the stage of full bloom
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- O
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- VERBLOW
- Scrabble score
- 17
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
past the stage of full bloom
“overblown roses”
adjective
puffed up with vanity
“a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
In context
Example Sentences
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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