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overblown

overb·lown

UK/ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/ US/ˌaʊæːˈblaːn/ rare

adjective

1.

puffed up with vanity

  • “a grandiloquent and boastful manner”
  • “overblown oratory”
  • “a pompous speech”
  • “pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey” Newsweek
2.

past the stage of full bloom

  • “overblown roses”
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