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overblown
adjective
Past the stage of full bloom
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adjective
Past the stage of full bloom
“Overblown roses”
adjective
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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