1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
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Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Max Taves, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Still, others in Peru consider such worries overblown at best.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Many player agents will tell you, however, that this conversation is overblown, as players choose where to sign for many reasons beyond salary.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
However, the next day, Vice President J.D. Vance indicated in a Fox & Friends interview that those reports may have been overblown.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
Mistaken identity In some ways, California’s image as the national poster child of homelessness is overblown.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 31 May 2025
Still, others in Peru consider such worries overblown at best.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Many player agents will tell you, however, that this conversation is overblown, as players choose where to sign for many reasons beyond salary.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 30 May 2025
However, the next day, Vice President J.D. Vance indicated in a Fox & Friends interview that those reports may have been overblown.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 29 May 2025
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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