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OVERBLOWN Synonyms

11 synonyms for overblown. (exact relations)
0 hypernym for overblown. (close relations)

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inflated

verb, adjective

v, adj

adjective satellite

• enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

• pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

pompous

adjective

adj

adjective

• characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

adjective satellite

• puffed up with vanity

bloated

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

bombastic

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• ostentatiously lofty in style

exaggerated

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• represented as greater than is true or reasonable

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

grandiose

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval

• affectedly genteel; to carry an air of affected importance; to be snobbish and haughty

ostentatious

adjective

adj

adjective

• intended to attract notice and impress others

adjective satellite

• (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

pretentious

adjective

adj

adjective

• making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

• intended to attract notice and impress others

adjective satellite

• (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

grandiloquent

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• lofty in style

• puffed up with vanity

pontifical

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective

• proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles

• denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

noun

• the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

adjective satellite

• puffed up with vanity

portentous

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• of momentous or ominous significance

• ominously prophetic

• puffed up with vanity

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