Standard Lemma guide

overblown

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈbləʊn/
  • Northumbria: /ˌaʊæːˈblaːn/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈbloʊn/
  • Wisconsin Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • [ˌoːvɚˈbloːn] monophthongization
  • rhymes with -əʊn
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 V ER0 B L OW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

past participle of overblow

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

past the stage of full bloom

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • overblown roses

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

puffed up with vanity- Newsweek

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a grandiloquent and boastful manner
  • overblown oratory
  • a pompous speech
  • pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grandiloquent, pompous, pontifical, portentous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: прекалено раздут (prekaleno razdut) — Of exaggerated importance
  • Italian: esagerato — Of exaggerated importance
  • Italian: eccessivo — Of exaggerated importance
  • Norwegian: oppblåst — Of exaggerated importance