overblown
overblown
adjectiveDefinition of OVERBLOWN
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds <overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter>
Synonyms exaggerated, hyperbolized, inflated, outsize (also outsized), overblown, overdrawn, overweening
Related Words elaborated, embellished, embroidered, enlarged, hyped-up, magnified, overdone, overemphasized, overplayed, overstated, padded, stretched; grandiose, preposterous, unreal, unrealistic, unreasonable
Near Antonyms realistic, reasonable
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