Synonyms of overblown

Adjective


1. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous, pretentious (vs. unpretentious)

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

2. overblown, mature (vs. immature)

usage: past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"

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