1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
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Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Tenant rights advocates say the concerns are overblown and that the bill is simply an extension of rights that already exist for seniors and people with disabilities.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
But Thomas Tu, a Vatican diplomacy expert at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University, told Fox News Digital that fears of an imminent switch are overblown.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
There are concerns about his lack of elite length outside at left tackle, but those are probably overblown.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
But several Wall Street analysts said the selloff was overblown.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Tenant rights advocates say the concerns are overblown and that the bill is simply an extension of rights that already exist for seniors and people with disabilities.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2025
But Thomas Tu, a Vatican diplomacy expert at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University, told Fox News Digital that fears of an imminent switch are overblown.
—Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
There are concerns about his lack of elite length outside at left tackle, but those are probably overblown.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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