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overblown
Overview of adj overblown
The adj overblown has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous -- (puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek)
2. overblown -- (past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses")
Antonyms of adj overblown
2 senses of overblown
Sense 1
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious
Sense 2
overblown
INDIRECT (VIA mature) -> immature
Similarity of adj overblown
2 senses of overblown
Sense 1
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
=> pretentious (vs. unpretentious)
Sense 2
overblown
=> mature (vs. immature)
Pertainyms of adj overblown
Attributes of adj overblown
Domain of adj overblown
Domain Terms of adj overblown
Familiarity of adj overblown
overblown used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj overblown
overblown
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