overblown

English - Turkish

Definition of overblown in English Turkish dictionary

fazla açmış çiçek

abartmalı

{s} fazla açmış

{s} fazla yükseltilmiş (ses)

{s} solmuş

tazeliğini kaybetmiş

solmuş/konuşkan

{s} abartmalı, şişirilmiş

English - English

Definition of overblown in English English dictionary

Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc

They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?.

Past participle of overblow

past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses

{s} past the prime; exaggerated; pretentious; inflated

Something that is overblown makes something seem larger, more important, or more significant than it really is. Warnings of disaster may be overblown The reporting of the hostage story was fair, if sometimes overblown. = exaggerated. made to seem greater or more impressive than something really is = exaggerated

past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"

puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

Hyphenation

o·ver·blown

Turkish pronunciation

ōvırblōn

Synonyms

inflated, aureate, bombastic, disproportionate, euphuistic, flowery, fulsome, grandiloquent, hyped up, immoderate, magniloquent, oratorical, overdone, pompous, pretentious

Antonyms

underrated, undervalued

Pronunciation

/ˌōvərˈblōn/ /ˌoʊvɜrˈbloʊn/

Etymology

[ "O-v&r-'blOn ] (adjective.) 1616. 3blow.