1
: excessively large in girth : portly
2
: inflated
overblown claims
overblown rhetoric
also
: pretentious
Examples of overblown in a Sentence
Adjective (2)
overblown predictions of financial calamity after the company had one bad quarter
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Concerns over a potential plunge in web traffic due to artificial intelligence — and its impact on many businesses — may have been overblown.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2025
The groups bringing the lawsuit said this idea is overblown.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Despite the backlash, some users online defended Dunkin', suggesting the criticism is overblown and the commercial was clearly meant to be humorous.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
If those projections are overblown, this effort won’t go far.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Concerns over a potential plunge in web traffic due to artificial intelligence — and its impact on many businesses — may have been overblown.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2025
The groups bringing the lawsuit said this idea is overblown.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Despite the backlash, some users online defended Dunkin', suggesting the criticism is overblown and the commercial was clearly meant to be humorous.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overblown
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“Overblown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overblown. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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