Synonyms of blown up

blown up 1 of 2

adjective

as in blown

Related Words

• blown
• expanded
• swollen
• puffed
• distended
• varicose
• turgid
• tumescent
• bloated
• ballooned
• dilated
• overinflated
• protuberant
• ventricose
• tumid
• bulging
• ballooning
• turgescent
• dilating

Dissimilar Words

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

blown up

2 of 2

verb

past participle of blow up

1

as in angered

to become very angry

she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angered
• snarled
• had a fit
• snapped
• hit the roof
• flared (up)
• hit the ceiling
• flipped (out)
• blown a gasket
• flown into a rage
• gone ballistic
• blown one's top
• exploded
• glared
• blown one's stack
• flown off the handle
• lost one's temper
• blown one's cool
• lost one's cool
• stormed
• forgotten oneself
• steamed
• sputtered
• raged
• flared (out)
• fulminated
• warmed
• raved
• ranted
• teed off
• vented
• burst
• flashed
• vituperated
• seethed
• foamed
• glowered
• bristled
• sizzled
• burned
• smoldered
• fumed
• inflamed
• maddened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed (down)
• cooled (off or down)
• relaxed
• simmered down
• quieted (down)
• chilled out
• hushed

2

as in exploded

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the building blew up because of a gas leak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploded
• blown
• burst
• gone off
• shattered
• popped
• detonated
• fired
• crumped
• smashed
• fragmented
• splintered
• discharged
• shot
• mushroomed
• ballooned
• burgeoned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• imploded
• fizzled

3

as in demolished

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blown
• demolished
• blasted
• popped
• burst
• smashed
• exploded
• destroyed
• shattered
• wrecked
• ruined
• decimated
• annihilated
• detonated
• dynamited
• fragmented
• discharged
• splintered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• imploded

4

as in trumpeted

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trumpeted
• cracked up
• tub-thumped
• announced
• cried up
• promoted
• advertised
• touted
• ballyhooed
• plugged
• offered
• applauded
• boosted
• glorified
• extolled
• lauded
• acclaimed
• pronounced
• complimented
• publicized
• commended
• eulogized
• proclaimed
• blazed
• laid down
• magnified
• heralded
• advanced
• blared
• asserted
• declared
• claimed
• blazoned
• averred
• made out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blown up

Verb

All the bridge crossings have been blown up. —Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026

Tatum had scored 42 points on this night, but the Knicks had blown up another double-digit Boston lead and now, in a blink, Tatum was gone. —Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026

This would qualify as bulletin-board material if the ayatollah’s locker room hadn’t been blown up. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026

The story has blown up across social media and international news outlets. —Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026

From crowd favorite cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy, it may have been blown up for its shrine of 1950s nostalgia, but customers stay for the consistently good southern food. —Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026

Having your entire concept of the space-time continuum blown up will do that to a person. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026

Talk about them finding their way back to each other to get five minutes of happiness before it was all blown up by this accident. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026

Have the Americans and the Israelis blown up empty buildings or those with the right people inside them? —Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026