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Synonyms for overblown
ˈoʊ vərˈbloʊnoverblown
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Princeton's WordNet
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentousadjective
puffed up with vanity
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
Synonyms:
prodigious, papal, foreboding(a), tall, episcopal, portentous, grandiloquent, apostolic, pontifical, fateful, pompous, ceremonious, magniloquent, apostolicalAntonyms:
unpretentious, immatureoverblownadjective
past the stage of full bloom
"overblown roses"
Synonyms:
portentous, grandiloquent, pompous, pontificalAntonyms:
immature, unpretentious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "overblown":
high-flown, exaggerated, grandiloquent, high-sounding, inflated, excessive
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4724 | tall | |
#8094 | excessive | |
#15978 | episcopal | |
#23758 | exaggerated | |
#25118 | inflated | |
#25844 | apostolic | |
#30997 | papal | |
#42259 | fateful | |
#51574 | pompous | |
#51999 | prodigious | |
#65304 | overblown | |
#67323 | pontifical | |
#129078 | portentous | |
#231105 | ceremonious | |
#276754 | grandiloquent |
How to use overblown in a sentence?
They're only getting a snapshot in time, the conclusions of this study are overblown.
Reacting toMr. Trumps tweetsas though they represent a change in policy is overblown and basically dangerous in terms of continuity in what the government is doing.
This is not overblown, this is very serious -- I'm 45, I'm in good health, and it has knocked me down, and so we need to follow these guidelines to slow the spread of this. This is going to be bad.
There’s a lot of fear right now. It’s a sell-first-and-ask-questions-later approach, end of era for China tech? I think that’s overblown. Sentiments come and go. We probably need a couple of good earnings seasons ... to show the impact, if any, on earnings.
Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd:
While I concur with my colleagues here in Davos that a synchronized global slowdown is underway, fears of recession are overblown, if anything, the outlook is brightening as policymakers are beginning to awaken to the mounting risks arising from a protracted trade war and increasing nationalism.
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