overblown
overblown · more overblown · most overblown
Of exaggerated importanceOf exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
UK/ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/US/ˌoʊ.vɚˈbloʊn/
Meaning
1 sensesOf exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?
More definitions
- past the stage of full bloom
- puffed up with vanity
Translations
1 languagesForms
more overblown, most overblown| Comparative | more overblown Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most overblown Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- puffed up with vanity:grandiloquentpompouspontificalportentous
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedoverblownness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form